Can’t Remember Your Password ? - Issue 6 : Secret Codes
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In this month’s Nautilus story, “Safecracking the Brain,” I dug into the work of two research groups that are stealing tips from cryptology to better understand how our brains work. While reporting that story, I came across a scientist who’s taking the opposite approach: using tricks of the brain to design stronger encryption tools. His name is Hristo Bojinov, and he has figured out a way for the subconscious mind to learn and store long passwords—with the conscious mind none the wiser. One of (...)
