On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:53 PM, Aaron Toponce <aaron.topo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/16/2011 11:43 PM, Shane Hathaway wrote: >> Would you actually advise the public to write down their passwords, >> knowing that people leave their wallets or purses unattended quite >> frequently? Stealing a written password requires only a glance or a >> camera. There could easily be no evidence whatsoever of the password >> theft. Written passwords are not at all equivalent to physical security >> tokens. > > I'm actually surprised that no one has mentioned this, so I'll just drop > this here: > > https://passwordcard.org > > Yes, there is nothing wrong with writing your passwords down, and > keeping it in your wallet or purse. It's how you write them that makes > all the difference in the world.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if your passwordcard is stolen it yields a rather small dictionary for an attack on your accounts. Better than plain text, but still not very secure--enough so that I'm not sure it's worth it. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
