Comments on: New ‘passwordless’ authentication technology debuts at Web 2.0 Expo http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/04/17/new-password-less-authentication-technology-debuts-at-web-20-expo/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tara (PassPack) http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/04/17/new-password-less-authentication-technology-debuts-at-web-20-expo/comment-page-1/#comment-9378 Tara (PassPack) Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:43:08 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/04/17/new-password-less-authentication-technology-debuts-at-web-20-expo/#comment-9378 This still falls prey to social hacking, and general user ignorance of security issues. One (real) person, two (real) examples: Joan is a major travel bug, *loves* dogs and and goes bonkers for all things sweet - so much so that her dog is actually named sugar. My guess is that her picture sequence would be: airplane - dog or animal - chocolate or candy. Joan is also the type of person who has actually sent me TWO different credit card numbers, expiration date and 3 digit security code via email - in plain text - so that "I could buy myself something nice". Do you think she'd have any problems sending me a similar email (in clear text) to her favorite online store saying: pick the plane, then the dog, then the candy. Sorry, Vidoop doesn't solve the problem. It just reduces some of the automated techniques. For now. This still falls prey to social hacking, and general user ignorance of security issues. One (real) person, two (real) examples:

Joan is a major travel bug, *loves* dogs and and goes bonkers for all things sweet – so much so that her dog is actually named sugar. My guess is that her picture sequence would be: airplane – dog or animal – chocolate or candy.

Joan is also the type of person who has actually sent me TWO different credit card numbers, expiration date and 3 digit security code via email – in plain text – so that “I could buy myself something nice”. Do you think she’d have any problems sending me a similar email (in clear text) to her favorite online store saying: pick the plane, then the dog, then the candy.

Sorry, Vidoop doesn’t solve the problem. It just reduces some of the automated techniques. For now.

]]> By: lbarnes http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/04/17/new-password-less-authentication-technology-debuts-at-web-20-expo/comment-page-1/#comment-9289 lbarnes Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:12:58 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2007/04/17/new-password-less-authentication-technology-debuts-at-web-20-expo/#comment-9289 Nothing is unhackable, but something that can't be completely owned by a 6th grader is better than standard username and password. Nothing is unhackable, but something that can’t be completely owned by a 6th grader is better than standard username and password.

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