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Inkblot Passwords

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-see-a-walrus-humping-a-turkey dept.

TechnoPope writes "Microsoft Research a new way to get users to not only develop, but remember more secure passwords can be achieved through using inkblots. Because of how the human brain works, you can show the same pictures to different people and almost always come up with different passwords. What's even crazier, is that people generally are able to remember the complex passwords. Sounds like a major breakthrough in security."

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  1. Re:What would happen by xpulsar87x · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You forgot the obligatory one from User 6: SCO trying to collect on inkblot royalties.

  2. Love Live IIS by mr.nicholas · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  3. Nice Website Microsoft by sportal · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  4. Microsoft! Slashdotted! Lol by Tsugumi · · Score: 1, Redundant
    It seems that the poor servers couldn't take the strain. Amusing, a slashdot article *praising* microsoft for their *security* research, and the servers fall over when they have the opportunity to show off to what must be their most, uhm, sceptical audience.

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  5. Microsoft slashdotted by dtfinch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It looks like research.microsoft.com has been slashdotted. I get a "Too Many Users" error.

  6. IIS by xombo · · Score: 0, Redundant

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