To Keep Hackers Away From Implanted Devices, Researchers Use the Heartbeat as a Password
26th September 2013
The system works by pairing an internal reading of a person’s heartbeat with an external reading touched to their body by the medical care provider. If the two match, the provider is then able to access the implanted device. Even if someone nearby intercepted the heartbeat, heartbeats change so frequently that a minute later the intercepted beat would no longer work.
The researchers said the system would work with existing implanted devices and still allow emergency workers quick access in a dire situation.