Ryan Lane wrote: >> http://newsarse.com/2010/08/13/if-you-can-remember-your-password-then-its-hopelessly-inadequate-warn-researchers/ >> >> Passwords suck, and people are a problem. Now, if we could distribute >> RSA fobs to every editor ... >> >> > > We could do a less secure, but more-secure-than-passwords alternative, > which is to use email or SMS as a one time password device. SMS is > obviously more secure than email, but would require us to ask people > for their phone numbers. We could also make a PKI infrastructure, and > allow certificate login, which is obviously safer than passwords. > > The real problem with any system stronger than passwords, is that it > requires a level of complexity that would be difficult for us, and > either annoying or very confusing for users. > > Respectfully, > > Ryan Lane > OpenID? The account my own OpenID is tied to has two-factor authentication.
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