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Ultraviolet Password Tattoos

Wow, I hope we don't have to start supporting tattoos as a password export option over at Passpack ;)

In the beginning of the monthNew England Journal of Medicinepublished an article detailing the security risk of wireless controlled implantable devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators. Researchers at Microsoft have proposed a possible solution that would allow doctors to still access the device if needed while the patient is unconscious: tattoo the password onto the patient with ultraviolet reactive ink. That way the password is only visible using a UV lamp, or if the patient walks into a really cool teenager's bedroom.

I grabbed this quote from here. And the Microsoft PDF paper is here.