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Re:Indian Government to develop its own Operating System and... by arnorhs on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @10:57AM (#1338027)
It sounds like they're doing it simply because they have a lot of break ins.

How is a new operating system supposed to ensure better passwords? 99% of break ins are because of really lame passwords, isn't that true?

Creating your own OS is for that reason like inventing your own type of house because you never remember to lock your door.

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Re:Indian Government to develop its own Operating System and... by eru on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @11:32AM (#1338183)
You could get away with passwords. There are some zero-knowledge protocols you can do with humans, instead of handing over a password.

You would probably not need a new operating system, since revamping logins (and similar) stuff would suffice. But you could get rid of passwords.

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