article_snippet.sent: Paypal is developing a new generation of edible passwords which stay lodged in your stomach to let you log in.
article_snippet.sent: Paypal said that technology had become so advanced that technology allowed ‘true integration with the human body’.
article_snippet.sent: The next wave of passwords will be edible, ingestible or injectable and will remove the need for what Paypal called ‘antiquated’ ways of confirming your identity, such as fingerprint scanning.
article_snippet.sent: Typing in a password will become a thing of the past too, Paypal added.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Leblanc, the Global Head of Developer Evangelism at Paypal, said in a presentation called ‘
article_snippet.sent: Mr Leblanc said PayPal was currently carrying out hackathons to develop vein recognition technologies and heartbeat recognition bands to go round a person
article_snippet.sent: But Mr Leblanc cautioned that PayPal has no immediate plans to use such devices.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Leblanc said: ‘I can’t speculate as to what PayPal will do in the future, but we’re looking at new techniques
article_snippet.sent: In a statement PayPal later said that Mr Leblanc's comments were meant as blue skies thinking and that PayPal was not actually developing edible passwords.
article_snippet.sent: New PayPal-driven innovations such as one touch payments make it even easier to remove the friction from shopping.
article_snippet.sent: We’re always innovating to make life easier and payments safer for We customers no matter what device or operating system our customers are using.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Added that technology had become so advanced that technology allowed ‘true integration with Paypal’ 