For now, Martin and Bionym are courting developers large and small to build apps and devices that use its method of authentication. “If you think of any of the top mobile manufacturers,” he tells me, “we are most likely engaged with them. They saw this was a huge additive value to what they do.” The Nymi is scheduled to come out sometime next year, and will cost $99. It’s not the first product to read a person’s ECG — it’s used on a few devices in the medical community — but it’s the first that promises to do it well and for everyday people.
IT CAN ONLY REPLACE PASSWORDS IF IT WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU NEED IT
Bionym’s challenge is gaining enough trust and support for its product; unless it’s ubiquitous, it’s doomed. Martin doesn’t sound worried — he’s more like impatient. “I’ve got keys in my pocket, and they’re scratching whatever else is in my pocket. I want to go home and my door is unlocked and that’s it.” Even if it’s not his product that does it, Martin believes he’s on the front lines solving a huge problem both for oft-hacked companies like Google and for everyday people.
“Do you think 100 years from now we’re going to be doing this? We’re going to have to remember all our passwords, carry our stupid keys around? I hope not.”
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