[Full-disclosure] OpenID. The future of authentication on the web?

Kurt Buff kurt.buff at gmail.com
Mon Mar 24 00:43:03 GMT 2008


On 3/23/08, Larry Seltzer <Larry at larryseltzer.com> wrote:
> >>I understand the attractiveness of not having to remember lots of IDs
> and passwords, but when you give up control of your data, you give up
> control of your future.
>
> Normal people aren't going to remember enough passwords, let alone
> strong passwords, to make that control meaningful. I do get your point,
> but I bet that the best alternative is to give them one set of
> credentials and make it as strong as possible.

PasswordSafe/KeePass on a PDA, or something similar, can make up for
poor memory.

Kurt




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