Making your password as secure as possible has led to all kinds of new technology being developed. From encryption of typed alpha-numeral passwords, to face recognition software and further on to bio metric fingerprints and voice tones, just about everything as been explored as a security measure.

One of the more popular trends right now is using brainwave-sensing headsets, also known as EEG or electroencephalograph headsets. These are used to control robotic toys and play video games using only the power of your brainwaves. You literally think a direction and it will be followed.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have come up with a potential problem with these EEG headsets. They say that data can be stolen from a user who is wearing them. Suppose that the person logs into their bank account while wearing the headset, it is possible for a hacker to get the brainwaves and decode the password.

The security and privacy threats that can arise from the use of an EEG headset need to be examined and eliminated as their popularity begins to grow. Maybe it should the subject of another science study which can help provide solutions to this rather unique problem.