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Pass-thoughts to replace passwords (12th April, 2013)

The project's findings were unveiled at the 2013 Workshop on Usable Security at the Seventeenth International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Team leader Professor John Chuang explained his new technique provides a more fail-safe and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial or voice recognition. He said his team's inexpensive headset connects to a computer wirelessly using Bluetooth and is little different to headsets used with mobile phones, music players, and other computing devices. However, security experts expressed concern regarding the ability of software that can "hack" people's minds to extract things like ATM PINs.

Sources:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/08/no-more-typed-passwords-berkeley-researchers-develop-passthoughts/
http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20130403brainwaveauthentication

WARM-UPS

1. PASSWORDS: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about passwords. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

information / ingenious device / passwords / the future / headset / brainwaves / secure / project / cryptography / data security / fingerprint scans / wirelessly / hack / PINs

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. THOUGHTS: What do you think of these future uses of thoughts? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	What is this?	Pros and Cons
Thought-chats
Thought-typing
Truth-thoughts
Thought-shopping
Game-thoughts
Thought-dating

4. THE FUTURE: Students A strongly believe a future in which we control things by thoughts is a good one; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. PASSWORD: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the thing most in need of a password at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

bank cash card
your computer
your mobile phone
school / work

your e-mail account
computer software / app
credit card
other ______________

6. BRAINWAVES: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'brainwaves'. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Researchers said pass-thoughts would replace passwords next year.	T / F
b.	A device requires you to think instead of type a password.	T / F
c.	The handset to use pass-thoughts is currently priced at around $100.	T / F
d.	The scientists doubted whether people would switch to pass-thoughts.	T / F
e.	The researchers talked about their invention at a finance conference.	T / F
f.	A researcher said pass-thought technology is safer than retina scans.	T / F
g.	The technology only works on wifi and not Bluetooth.	T / F
h.	Experts are worried about the possibility of mind-hacking.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	come up with	a.	remove
2.	ingenious	b.	substitute
3.	replace	c.	revealed
4.	explored	d.	precise
5.	accurate	e.	clever
6.	unveiled	f.	specialists
7.	technique	g.	looked into
8.	solution	h.	procedure
9.	experts	i.	invented
10.	extract	j.	answer

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	an ingenious	a.	and user-friendly
2.	press	b.	scans
3.	the feasibility of brainwave- based	c.	like ATM PINs
4.	this new technology is secure, accurate,	d.	recognition
5.	people would be willing	e.	computer authentication
6.	The project's findings	f.	can "hack" people's minds
7.	retina	g.	device
8.	voice	h.	were unveiled
9.	the ability of software that	i.	to replace passwords
10.	extract things	j.	release

GAP FILL

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information have come (1) ____________ with an ingenious device that might, one day soon, replace the (2) ____________ for passwords. A press (3) ____________ explains: "Instead of typing your password, in the future you may only have to think your password." Their research (4) ____________ the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication as a (5) ____________ for passwords. This resulted in the creation of the Neurosky MindSet headset – a $100 (6) ____________ that can read brainwaves. The team believes this new technology is (7) ____________, accurate, and user-friendly. They also believe people would be (8) ____________ to replace passwords with pass-thoughts.

device
release
willing
need
substitute
up
secure
explored

The project's findings were (9) ____________ at the 2013 Workshop on Usable Security at the Seventeenth International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Team (10) ____________ Professor John Chuang explained his new technique provides a more (11) ____________ -safe and cheaper (12) ____________ than things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial or (13) ____________ recognition. He said his team's inexpensive headset connects to a computer (14) ____________ using Bluetooth and is little different to headsets used with mobile phones, music players, and other computing devices. However, security (15) ____________ expressed concern regarding the ability of software that can "hack" people's minds to (16) ____________ things like ATM PINs.

experts
voice
leader
extract
fail
unveiled
solution
wirelessly

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	come up with an ______
	a. ingenious device b. ingenuous device c. incongruous device d. indigenous device
2)	in the future you may only have to ______
	a. think your password b. thank your password c. trick your password d. track your password
3)	the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication ______
	a. as the substitution b. as a substitution c. as the substitute d. as a substitute
4)	The team believes this new technology is secure, accurate, ______
	a. but user-friendly b. also user-friendly c. an user-friendly d. and user-friendly
5)	people would ______ replace passwords with pass-thoughts
	a. be unwilling to b. be willing to c. be willingness to d. be willingly to
6)	The project's findings ______
	a. were unveiling b. were unraveled c. were unveiled d. were veiled
7)	things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial or ______
	a. voice recognising b. voice recognises c. voice recognition d. voice-wreck ignition
8)	his team's inexpensive headset ______ computer wirelessly
	a. connects to a b. contents to a c. connections to a d. connectors to a
9)	However, security experts ______
	a. expressed concerns b. expressed concern c. expressed concerning d. expressed concerned
10)	the ability of software that ______ minds
	a. can "hack" people's b. can "hijack" people's c. can "jack" people's d. can "pack" people's

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information have come (1) _______________________ device that might, one day soon, replace the need for passwords. (2) _______________________: "Instead of typing your password, in the future you may only have to think your password." Their research (3) _______________________ of brainwave-based computer (4) _______________________ substitute for passwords. This resulted in the creation of the Neurosky MindSet headset – a $100 device that can read brainwaves. The team (5) _______________________ is secure, (6) _______________________. They also believe people would be willing to replace passwords with pass-thoughts.

The project's (7) _______________________ at the 2013 Workshop on Usable Security at the Seventeenth International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Team leader Professor John Chuang explained his new technique (8) _______________________ and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial or voice recognition. He said his (9) _______________________ connects to a computer wirelessly using Bluetooth (10) _______________________ headsets used with mobile phones, music players, and other computing devices. However, (11) _______________________ concern regarding the ability of software that can "hack" people's (12) ______________________ like ATM PINs.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Which department of Berkeley is mentioned?
2.	What adjective was used to describe the device?
3.	How did the researchers tell people about their device?
4.	What did researchers look into the feasibility of?
5.	What did the team think people would be willing to do?
6.	What was the workshop on?
7.	What is the device better than besides fingerprint and retina scans?
8.	How does the device connect to computers?
9.	How different is the device to other kinds of headsets?
10.	What things could mind-hackers get from people?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Which department made the device?	6.	What was the workshop on?
	a) the Center for Innovation b) the School of Information c) the Department of Information Technology d) the Physics Department		a) usable security b) Internet security c) home security d) financial security
2.	What adjective was used to describe the device?	7.	What is the device better than besides fingerprint and retina scans?
	a) generous b) ingenuous c) ingenious d) indigenous		a) biometrics based on the way people walk b) conventional passwords c) scan cards d) facial or voice recognition
3.	How did the researchers tell people about their device?	8.	How does the device connect to computers?
	a) a statement on their website b) via thoughts c) they didn't – it was leaked d) via a press release		a) a new encrypted connection b) via USB c) via Bluetooth d) LAN cable
4.	What did researchers look at the feasibility of?	9.	How different is the device to other kinds of headsets?
	a) brain-based authentication wave computing b) brainwave-based computer authentication c) computer-based brain authentication d) authentication-based brainwave computing		a) enormously b) totally c) a lot d) little
5.	What did the team think people would be willing to do?	10.	What things could mind-hackers get from people?
	a) replace passwords with pass- thoughts b) spend $100 on a headset c) pass on pass-thoughts d) take part in a pass-thought test		a) deepest, darkest secrets b) bank card personal identification numbers c) their minds d) extractions

ROLE PLAY A TV CHAT SHOW

Role A – TV presenter

Think of questions to ask the inventor of the Neurosky MindSet, the hacker and the device's buyer.

Role B – Inventor

Think of 5 ways the Neurosky MindSet will change people's life.

Ask what the others think of your device.

Role C – Hacker

Think of 5 dangers of the Neurosky MindSet.

Tell these to the inventor and device's buyer.

Role D – Device buyer

Think of 5 other uses for using brainwaves.

Ask the inventor and hacker what they think.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'pass' and 'word'.

pass

word

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

up
soon
future
explored
believes
willing

unveiled
cheaper
connects
different
experts
PINs

PASSWORDS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about passwords in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

PASSWORDS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'password'?
c)	How secure do you think your passwords are?
d)	Would you prefer the pass-thought idea to passwords?
e)	Do you have a special system of making and remembering passwords?
f)	What happens when you forget a password?
g)	How safe do you think the things that require a password are?
h)	Will you buy the MindSet?
i)	Do you think the end is near for passwords?
j)	What other things could thoughts control?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	What do you think of the idea of pass-thoughts instead of passwords?
c)	How might hackers get round a pass-thought?
d)	Is the concept of pass-thoughts like real science fiction?
e)	What do you think of fingerprint scan security?
f)	Do you think we will open doors and change TV channels with our thoughts in the near future?
g)	What do you think of the idea of having silent voice-chats with people?
h)	How dangerous might pass-thoughts be?
i)	What do you think of the name Neurosky MindSet?
j)	What questions would you like to ask the inventor of the MindSet?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE - LANGUAGE

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information have come (1) ____ with an (2) ____ device that might, one day soon, replace the need for passwords. A press release explains: "Instead of (3) ____ your password, in the future you may only have to think your password." Their research explored the (4) ____ of brainwave-based computer authentication as a substitute for passwords. This resulted in the creation of the Neurosky MindSet headset – a $100 device that can read brainwaves. The team believes this new technology is (5) ____, accurate, and user-friendly. They also believe people would be (6) ____ to replace passwords with pass-thoughts.

The project's findings were (7) ____ at the 2013 Workshop on Usable Security at the Seventeenth International Conference (8) ____ Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Team leader Professor John Chuang explained his new technique provides a more fail-safe and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial or (9) ____ recognition. He said his team's inexpensive headset connects to a computer wirelessly using Bluetooth and is (10) ____ different to headsets used with mobile phones, music players, and other (11) ____ devices. However, security experts expressed concern regarding the ability of software that can "hack" people's minds to (12) ____ things like ATM PINs.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	down	(b)	on	(c)	over	(d)	up
2.	(a)	injurious	(b)	ingenuous	(c)	indigenous	(d)	ingenious
3.	(a)	typed	(b)	typing	(c)	types	(d)	type
4.	(a)	sensibility	(b)	visibility	(c)	feasibility	(d)	risibility
5.	(a)	security	(b)	secured	(c)	secure	(d)	secures
6.	(a)	willing	(b)	wailing	(c)	walling	(d)	welling
7.	(a)	uncovered	(b)	unveiled	(c)	unraveled	(d)	unenvied
8.	(a)	on	(b)	in	(c)	at	(d)	by
9.	(a)	speak	(b)	voice	(c)	words	(d)	whisper
10.	(a)	part	(b)	bit	(c)	little	(d)	tiny
11.	(a)	computable	(b)	computational	(c)	computing	(d)	commuting
12.	(a)	abstract	(b)	detract	(c)	contract	(d)	extract

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
1.	come up with an insenigou device
2.	explored the fstlbiyaiei of
3.	computer uoetaihtnctani
4.	a tetbustusi for passwords
5.	the octraine of the Neurosky MindSet headset
6.	secure, ccuteaar, and user-friendly
Paragraph 2
7.	findings were eduenvil at the 2013 workshop
8.	international roeceennfc
9.	financial cpyorpyhgrat
10.	aflcai or voice recognition
11.	connects to a computer essyewlilr
12.	atertxc things like ATM PINs

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security. Team leader Professor John Chuang explained
( )	of typing your password, in the future you may only have to think your password." Their research
( )	brainwaves. The team believes this new technology is secure, accurate, and user-
( )	friendly. They also believe people would be willing to replace passwords with pass-thoughts.
( )	The project's findings were unveiled at the 2013 Workshop on Usable Security at the Seventeenth
( )	scans, retina scans, or facial or voice recognition. He said his team's inexpensive headset connects to a
( )	computer wirelessly using Bluetooth and is little different to headsets used with mobile phones,
( )	music players, and other computing devices. However, security experts expressed concern
( )	regarding the ability of software that can "hack" people's minds to extract things like ATM PINs.
( )	explored the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication as a substitute for passwords. This resulted
( )	device that might, one day soon, replace the need for passwords. A press release explains: "Instead
( 1 )	Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information have come up with an ingenious
( )	in the creation of the Neurosky MindSet headset – a $100 device that can read
( )	his new technique provides a more fail-safe and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

1.	come device up with Researchers an have ingenious.
2.	to You think may your only password have.
3.	authentication brainwave-based The feasibility computer of.
4.	technology user-friendly accurate, is This, secure new and.
5.	willing be would People passwords replace to.
6.	findings at workshop project's unveiled 2013 The were the.
7.	and more safe solution a - cheaper Provides fail.
8.	using wirelessly computer a to Connects Bluetooth.
9.	different mobile to phones headsets used Little with.
10.	The minds people's "hack" can that software of ability.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information have come down / up with an ingenious / ingenuous device that might, one day soon, replace the need / necessary for passwords. A press release explains: "Instead of typed / typing your password, in the future you may only have to think / thought your password." Their research explored the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication as a complement / substitute for passwords. This resulted in the creatively / creation of the Neurosky MindSet headset – a $100 device that can read brainwaves. The team belief / believes this new technology is secure, accurate / accuracy, and user-friendly. They also believe people would be wailing / willing to replace passwords with pass-thoughts.

The project's findings were unraveled / unveiled at the 2013 Workshop on / in Usable Security at the Seventeenth International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Securely / Security. Team leader Professor John Chuang explained his new technique provides a more fail-safe / failure-safety and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint scans, retina scans, or facial / farcical or voice recognition. He said his team's inexpensive headset connects / connections to a computer wirelessly using Bluetooth and is little / bit different to headsets used with mobile phones, music players, and other computing / computable devices. However, security experts expressed concern regarding the disability / ability of software that can "hack" people's minds to extract / distract things like ATM PINs.

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

researchers from the university of california, berkeley's school of information have come up with an ingenious device that might one day soon replace the need for passwords a press release explains "instead of typing your password in the future you may only have to think your password" their research explored the feasibility of brainwave-based computer authentication as a substitute for passwords this resulted in the creation of the neurosky mindset headset – a $100 device that can read brainwaves the team believes this new technology is secure accurate and user-friendly they also believe people would be willing to replace passwords with pass-thoughts

the project's findings were unveiled at the 2013 workshop on usable security at the seventeenth international conference on financial cryptography and data security team leader professor john chuang explained his new technique provides a more fail-safe and cheaper solution than things like fingerprint scans retina scans or facial or voice recognition he said his team's inexpensive headset connects to a computer wirelessly using bluetooth and is little different to headsets used with mobile phones music players and other computing devices however security experts expressed concern regarding the ability of software that can "hack" people's minds to extract things like atm pins

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

ResearchersfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley'sSchoolofInformationhavecomeup
withaningeniousdevicethatmight,onedaysoon,replacetheneedforpasswords.A
pressreleaseexplains:"Insteadoftypingyourpassword,inthefutureyoumayonly
havetothinkyourpassword."Theirresearchexploredthefeasibilityofbrainwave-
basedcomputerauthenticationasasubstituteforpasswords.Thisresultedinthe
creationoftheNeuroskyMindSetheadset–a$100devicethatcanreadbrainwaves.
Theteambelievesthisnewtechnologyissecure,accurate,anduser-friendly.They
alsobelievepeoplewouldbewillingtoreplacepasswordswithpass-thoughts.The
project'sfindingswereunveiledatthe2013WorkshoponUsableSecurityatthe
SeventeenthInternationalConferenceonFinancialCryptographyandDataSecurity.
TeamleaderProfessorJohnChuangexplainedhisnewtechniqueprovidesamorefail-
safeandcheapersolutionthanthingslikefingerprintscans,retinascans,orfacialor
voicerecognition.Hesaidhisteam'sinexpensiveheadsetconnectstoacomputer
wirelesslyusingBluetoothandislittledifferenttoheadsetsusedwithmobilephones,
musicplayers,andothercomputingdevices.However,securityexpertsexpressed
concernregardingtheabilityofsoftwarethatcan"hack"people'smindstoextract
thingslikeATMPINs.

FREE WRITING

Write about passwords for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC WRITING

Pass-thoughts may be a good replacement for passwords, but they will never make information totally secure. Discuss this and the advantages and disadvantages of pass-thoughts.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about passwords. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. PASSWORDS: Make a poster about passwords. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. PASS-THOUGHTS: Write a magazine article about pass-thoughts. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against the idea.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to a computer security expert. Ask him/her three questions about passwords and pass-thoughts. Give him/her three of your opinions on them. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	come up with	a.	invent
2.	ingenious	b.	clever
3.	replace	c.	substitute
4.	explored	d.	looked into
5.	accurate	e.	precise
6.	unveiled	f.	revealed
7.	technique	g.	procedure
8.	solution	h.	answer
9.	experts	i.	specialists
10.	extract	j.	remove

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	The School of Information
2.	Ingenious
3.	Via a press release
4.	Brainwave-based computer authentication
5.	Replace passwords with pass-thoughts
6.	Usable security
7.	Facial or voice recognition
8.	Via Bluetooth
9.	Little different
10.	ATM PINs

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

10.

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* Text jumble 15

* Text jumble 24

* No spaces

* Text Jumble

* Grammar gap-fill

* Articles gap-fill

* Prepositions

* Word order

* Consonants

* Vowels

* Missing letters

* Initials only

* No letters

* Word pairs

* Missing words

* Gap-fill

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Breaking News English

* 26-page lesson (40 exercises)

* 2-page MINI lesson (PDF)

* MP3 (UK male)

* MP3 (USA male)

* MP3 (20 questions)

* Listen & spell

* Dictation - (10 sentences)

* Speed Reading (200 - 500 wpm)

* Text jumble 15

* Text jumble 24

* No spaces

* Text Jumble

* Grammar gap-fill

* Articles gap-fill

* Prepositions

* Word order

* Consonants

* Vowels

* Missing letters

* Initials only

* No letters

* Word pairs

* Missing words

* Gap-fill

MY e-BOOK

See a sample

* 26-page lesson
(40 exercises)

* 2-page MINI
lesson (PDF)

* Dictation -
(10 sentences)

* Speed Reading
(200 - 500 wpm)