[Cryptography] Passwords are dying - get over it

[Alec Muffett]

On 22 December 2013 16:09, Bill Frantz <frantz at pwpconsult.com> wrote:

> Using passwords securely is inconvenient. You need a different password
> for each site because of the risk of site compromise. It is insecure to use
> variants of a common base because they are too easy to guess once one of
> them is known.


All of the disbenefits of passwords are the same as their benefits, bar
one, as explained here:

    http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/muffett-passwords

"Passwords are the worst form of authentication, except for all the other
forms we have tried"

    -a

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