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Title: The everyday agony of the password Post by: HCK on February 11, 2013, 03:01:17 pm The everyday agony of the password
It’s hard to imagine an idea more inane than passwords. That we protect many of the most important aspects of our lives with little more than a short string of text is an extreme absurdity. These collections of—admit it—eight characters are the gateways to everything from our bank accounts and medical records to our family photos to the most sensitive thoughts we’ve ever let slip via keyboard. To say merely that I loathe passwords would be to lump them with myriad other things in this world that deserve of a good loathing—whereas passwords deserve their own very special throne of infamy. And the worst part of it all? There isn’t a single, viable alternative. Pass go Bullet to the form: Let's be honest, it's probably just my pet's name. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I hate passwords. Their only redeeming value, from my perspective as a security professional, is that our reliance on them guarantees my children a decent college education. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2027760/the-everyday-agony-of-the-password.html |