The trouble with passwords is that they’re either tough to remember or all-to-easily divulged:

The folks across the pond must know how hard it is for me to remember the 345 passwords I have created for my ever-expanding list of online bank accounts, music accounts, podcast memberships, e-zine of the week, Amayahgoogle portals, etc.

I say this because Newcastle University has created a software using Draw a Secret (DAS) technology that allows you to draw your password instead of typing text. This has proven easier for test users to remember and in the long run harder for hackers to steal.

The technology is first being tried with handheld devices. It provides the user with a background to choose from, say stars, for example. You draw a flying saucer each time in the same to similar method or contact motion and voila! Open sesame.

Because it annihilates text generations, the device also has great benefits for those with dyslexia, not just brain-cluttered clods like me.

Well done, lads!

Cheers! Have a Smithwick’s on me.*

*Does not constitute true offer to purchase Smithwick’s, or any other Guinness beverage and/or product, much as I’d like to. If, however, you find yourself stateside, look us up and we’ll work it out.