The key itself is in the structure of the molecule, When the researchers from Germany’s Karlsruher Institut für Technologie synthesize the chemical, they include a bit of information that, once scanned, indicates the molecule is to be used a digital key. The researchers have a library of 500,000 molecular keys that are so structurally diverse that the passwords would be too complicated to guess without the actual sample. In order to decrypt whatever message or data is being protected, someone would need to know where to physically obtain the molecule/key (which could be hidden, for example, in a drop of water absorbed into a napkin). Mila Kunis has admitted that she didn't enjoy filming a sex scene with Natalie Portman for their new film Black Swan. pages as kindle / you can use the pages as scrap paper / use, eat food (like pastas) / to brush your. That might make a pretty boring spy movie, but at least the important stuff would actually be secure. I am inflexible, so I will only wear them as pants. Important intelligence or embassy secrets might be protected by small samples of molecules absorbed into a napkin instead of a bulletproof briefcase handcuffed to someone’s wrist. Researchers are working on chemical cryptography, synthesizing specific molecules that serve as highly secure passwords based on their atomic structures. Computers are only so good at this, because they can outsmart one another.įor things that need extra levels of security, we might need a totally different type of encryption, one that relies on the periodic table instead of 0s and 1s. Did I succumb to more primitive instincts while he was gone, he wanted to know.

While your initials followed by your birth year might be fine to log you in to your Netflix and Seamless accounts (what’s the worst that someone can do, steal your identity?), digital security will always be limited by the strength of the passwords we (or our computers) can concoct.

“password123” probably isn’t going to cut it anymore.

Did they eat napkins in the movie spy?