Insecure Non-Continuous Authentication with Nymi Band
Channel: Per Thorsheim
Date: 2016-01-18

The Nymi Band was announced all the way back in 2013, with a Kickstarter campaign launch in fall 2014. I ordered 1 on September 30, 2014. After lots of delays, nagging, yelling and changing my order into a developer kit (with a discount), I finally received it on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. Probably a new personal best in patience waiting for a product to arrive.

Promising secure, continuous authentication to the masses, killing the password for good, and working in a partnership with Mastercard for contactless biometric authenticated payments, I just had to get my hands on this. 

As a strong believer in continued use of passwords as the first and last line of defence in many cases, I've heard for many years that biometrics will change the world, improve security & usability and replace passwords for good.

"meh", is what comes to mind, first and foremost, when I hear such bold claims, so let's take a look at the Nymi Band as of January 18, 2016.

https://www.nymi.com/