Say goodbye to the passwords

You forgot your password again? There is the solution!

Called narrative authentication, the system was developed by Carson Brown and colleagues at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. It uses software running in the background on a computer or smartphone to log your activities. The system can, for example, note how long you spent playing a video game, which one it was and the time you stopped. It also logs videos you posted to Facebook and any check-ins you made on social networking sites such as Foursquare. You can also add your own events to the narrative, such as when you passed your driving test.

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129504.700-log-your-routine-and-say-goodbye-to-passwords.html#.UsxUcfRdXox