My Brain is My Passport. Verify Me.

The use of biometrics in consumer electronics increases security while decreasing responsibility of the user. Most technologies in this realm, however, authenticate users based upon static characteristics such as voice patterns or fingerprints, rather than dynamic qualities such as brainwaves. In this work, we evaluate the efficacy of existing consumer-level EEG devices as authentication mechanisms for consumer electronics via a novel biometric. In doing so, we enumerate the requirements for implementation and large-scale adoption of more viable consumer solutions.