Emerging Interfaces
Could Your Heartbeat Replace Your Password? A New Study Asked 386 People What They'd Actually Accept
Researchers at Western Sydney University and Edge Hill University piloted ECG-based biometric authentication as a passwordless alternative, running a 337-person survey on authentication habits and perceptions alongside a 49-person usability study with a simulated healthcare-app prototype. The combination gives an unusually grounded picture of where heartbeat authentication might actually get adopted, and where it won't.