Your Brain Can Be Hacked

Re:Your Brain Can Be Hacked by bluedanieru on Saturday August 25, 2012 @01:53PM (#4432674)

Yeah I know, and that's probably what they did here or something like it. But this article seems a bit... off. What is this:

These headsets use EEG technology to detect and acquire neuro-signals - brainwaves, and are already popular with gamers who simply "think" about their next move.

Really? This is a thing now?

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Re:Your Brain Can Be Hacked by icegreentea on Saturday August 25, 2012 @02:47PM (#4432822)

Just read the linked presentation/paper page instead. Less fluff, more details.

https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity12/feasibili...

They claim a 15-40% decrease in entropy over a pure brute force attack. The blip about 'already popular' isn't there. That said, there are gaming oriented neural interfaces on the market. An earlish one for example [1]. They're all basically just commoditized EEG machines. Would not say that they're 'popular with gamers', but they're out there.

[1] http://www.ocztechnology.com/nia-game-controller.html

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