Remembering passwords is the biggest bane of security for most users. But what if you could learn a long password and remember it subconsciously, like you remember how to ride a bike?
According to a
report about subconscious passwords in the publication Extreme Tech, a group of neuroscientists and cryptographers have developed a password system that does just that.
"The system, devised by Hristo Bojinov of Stanford University and friends from Northwestern and SRI, relies on implicit learning, a process by which you absorb new information — but you’re completely unaware that you’ve actually learnt anything," the report states. "In short, the system teaches the password to a part of your brain that you cannot physically access — but it is still there in your subconscious, just waiting to be tapped.
