Motorola ponders cybersecurity via tattoo, pill

Soon, we could be using tattoos or taking pills to gain access to our emails or social networking accounts—if concepts recently presented by Motorola become reality.

 

At the D11 conference, Motorola said the tattoo and an FDA-approved pill may make the human body transmit passwords to smart devices, Bitdefender reported.

 

“It means my arms are like wires, my hands are like alligator clips, and when I touch my phone, my computer, my door, my car, I’m authenticated in,” it quoted Regina Dudan, advanced research head for Motorola, as saying.

 

She added people may need to go beyond the traditional login technology, which she said has been used for more than 40 years.

 

"Motorola desires to fundamentally change and simplify the authentication process given the ever growing number of devices people interact with and the multitude of accounts users need to log into in a single day," Bitdefender said.

 

Motorola's tattoo is a stick-on circuit with a wireless power coil, phone sensors, temperature, ECG, LED and a wireless antenna border.

 

It is sprayed with a plastic complex that can let it stick on the arm as long as two weeks.

 

On the other hand, the pill contains a small chip that can be turned "on or off" by acids in the stomach.

 

But Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside said the new technology will not be seen anytime soon, noting the company wants to take a "long-game approach to the evolving mobile market is going to be key to reviving the company.” — TJD, GMA News