- Taylor-based
company designs software eliminating need for passwords
“Unlike a
password management system, nadaPASS is an application wherein a user either
confirms or denies a login request from a separate application.”
My
comment: Whoever is now holding the
device can make a login straightaway. It
is convenient indeed, for both the user and criminals.
“Mr. Ash
says improving your cyber security is relatively easy. "A secure password is a good place to
start," he told TV ONE's Breakfast.
Mr. Ash recommends a password that has 12 or more symbols with a mix of
lower and upper case letters and is not your pet's name.”
My
comment: Unfortunately remembering a
password that has 12 or more symbols with a mix of lower and upper case letters
and is not your pet's name for more than several accounts is never ‘relatively
easy’ for most of us.
- Password
pains
“i fear i
am going to wake up one morning, totally blank, unable to recall that most
vital of all words currently in the language — my password.”
My
comment: The fear could be minimized
close to zero when your passwords are associated with your personal memories,
particularly episodic/autobiographic image memories which you are sure are
confidential only to you. The textual
memory is only a small part of what we remember.
- Some
password strategies
“But
there is a way to generate longer, complex passwords that you will actually
remember. The secret is in using things that you already have long known and
remember. In effect, use what you already know instead of creating something
new to know.”
My comment: Do not forget the other headache – to keep
track of which password goes with which account. What could we do about this when the numbers
of accounts are more than several?
- Are You
Suffering From Lazy Password Syndrome? Here Are 7 Ways To Fight It
“Fight
the lazy password syndrome - it has to be done for your own benefit.”
My
comment: We cannot remember more than 5
text passwords on average. It is not due
our laziness or silliness, but due to the cognitive phenomenon called “interference
of memory”, which is not impossible to mitigate.
- Software
firm warns over ‘password change fatigue’
“there is
now a worry that some users could be hit by “password change fatigue” with so
many threats being reported in recent weeks”
My
comment: The fatigue could be mitigated
if password managers are used wisely, say, in a much decentralized formation
for different security levels and for various different segments, with a unique
strong password for each of them.
- How
Biometrics Wins Against the Password
“Biometric
Systems Have Advantages and Disadvantages Compared to Passwords.”
My
comment: It might be possible to compare
biometrics with passwords, but would it be possible to compare “biometrics
operated with a password for self-rescue in case of false rejection” with “passwords”? In other words would it make sense to compare
“Horse or Men” with “Men”?
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