Mementos as Document Retrieval Keys 167
Dekaner writes "The BBC is running a story that BT has demonstrated a scanner that can be used to retrieve digital documents by associating them with a physical object. When the digital files are stored on the server, they are associated with a scanned image of the object, for example a seashell. Later, when the user wants to retrieve the files, the memento is again placed on the scanner. The resulting image is used as the retrieval key."
meat space stegonography, next step crypto? (Score:1, Interesting)
However, Wouldnt it be cool if the object could deterministically return the same key, to be used as a cryptographic key?
Then, you could use objects as the keys to encrypt and hide your information.
Don't suppose that is very realistic though
My Brain Already Does This (Score:5, Interesting)
I'm thinking of maybe implementing a computer system for this, where I type in some small "key" representation, and get back some further "data" associated with it....
Kind of wish I could clean out and delete a few things from the brain system, tho'...
I thought of this 4 years ago (Score:3, Interesting)
2. Trace the creases in pen.
3. Scan the piece of paper.
4. The image is the key to the document.