Re:Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can't Prote...
by Shorel on Monday November 19, 2012 @10:47AM
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> that's just how folks who have other stuff to worry about in their lives, do with a technology they hardly understand
If they have 'other stuff' why they spend so much time posting about memes, or TV shows or other meaningless stuff?
When I was in high school only nerds would know what's a hard drive, or what's an email address. Now everyone seems to know something about computers, everyone has emails and twitters and other things (even if they don't know what a MFM encoding is).
The same can be true for password security.
Honestly, computer security is important, and therefore should NEVER be dismissed with the 'other stuff to worry' hand-wave. If someone doesn't know about it, they should learn.
If passwords are to be changed for a better technology, nothing changes about my point: people should learn to use it correctly, whatever that is.
If they have 'other stuff' why they spend so much time posting about memes, or TV shows or other meaningless stuff?
When I was in high school only nerds would know what's a hard drive, or what's an email address. Now everyone seems to know something about computers, everyone has emails and twitters and other things (even if they don't know what a MFM encoding is).
The same can be true for password security.
Honestly, computer security is important, and therefore should NEVER be dismissed with the 'other stuff to worry' hand-wave. If someone doesn't know about it, they should learn.
If passwords are to be changed for a better technology, nothing changes about my point: people should learn to use it correctly, whatever that is.