Re:An 11-year-old is selling cryptographically secure passwo...
by derefr on Sunday October 25, 2015 @02:05PM
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Oddly, I think this might actually be a good thing, security-wise, but not for any inherent property of the passwords generated this way.
Instead, consider this: right now, people just don't care about the security of their passwords. Part of this might just be the "psychology of free": people don't see any reason to upgrade from what they're doing if it doesn't seem like the "upgrade" is at all scarce.
So, what if "actually secure" passwords really did cost money? Maybe people would be willing to use (or even memorize) a 10-character string of letters and symbols if it cost them $10 to generate?
Instead, consider this: right now, people just don't care about the security of their passwords. Part of this might just be the "psychology of free": people don't see any reason to upgrade from what they're doing if it doesn't seem like the "upgrade" is at all scarce.
So, what if "actually secure" passwords really did cost money? Maybe people would be willing to use (or even memorize) a 10-character string of letters and symbols if it cost them $10 to generate?