Now, store your password in your subconscious!

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Press Trust of India London
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 4:33 AM IST

Researchers from Stanford University, Northwestern and Stanford Research Institute have created a system in which the password is stored in a part of the brain you cannot physically access but is still in your subconscious for the right time, the 'Daily Mail' reported.

The majority of internet users' security is threatened by big data breaches or simplistic passwords easily targeted by hackers, Extreme Tech website explained.

The new information is absorbed without the user being aware that he has actually learnt anything.

The specially created computer game, which enables users to learn their 30 letter password, is similar to the popular Guitar Hero game series of music video games.

It involves six buttons

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First Published: Jul 23 2012 | 5:06 PM IST

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