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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information have up with an ingenious device that might, one day soon, the for passwords. A press release : "Instead of your password, in the future you may only have to your password." Their research the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication as a substitute for passwords. This in the creation of the Neurosky MindSet headset – a $100 device that can brainwaves. The team believes this new technology is secure, accurate, and user-friendly. They also believe people would willing to replace passwords with pass-thoughts.

The project's findings were at the 2013 Workshop on Usable Security at the Seventeenth International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Team leader Professor John Chuang his new technique a more fail-safe and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial or voice recognition. He said his team's inexpensive headset to a computer wirelessly using Bluetooth and is little different to headsets with mobile phones, music players, and other computing devices. However, security experts concern regarding the ability of software that can "" people's minds to things like ATM PINs.