[Cryptography] Near field and crypto

[Ralf Senderek]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2016, Tom Mitchell wrote:

> Near field devices are in anything and everywhere.
> 
> Could these devices be the critical long set of bits that when combined
> with modest known salt be a useful part of key management systems?

Yes.

https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2011/08/12/pico-no-more-passwords-at-usenix-security/
https://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2014/08/13/pico-part-i-russian-hackers-stole-a-billion-passwords-true-or-not-with-pico-you-wouldnt-worry-about-it/
and follow-ups.

        --ralf