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Bill Gates Proclaims End of Passwords

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the trustno1-is-a-bad-password dept.

KrazyK writes "Bill Gates has just proclaimed the end of passwords. There's only one drawback - you have to use .Net (well, what else would you expect?). However, the smart card that is at the centre of it - made by Axalto - is still a great bit of technology. How long before we can get an open-source version of this?"

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  1. Hmmmm.... by keeleysam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This has been in Mac OS for awhile... as Keychains... mine is on my USB thumb drive...

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  2. News? by tuomasr · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This doesn't sound like anything really new to me, I remember logging on to my W2K workstation with a smart card in 2001 if I remember correctly, what's new here (the techworld article didn't want to respond to me so I can't RTFA)?

    1. Re:News? by bgat · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The "new" bit is that the smart card has a .NET interpreter, rather than an 8051/PIC/AVR/? microprocessor running a documented, proprietary, standards-based, stable OS or even Java. Embrace and extend.

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  3. Great another card to lose. by LabRat007 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I actually like my password encrusted life. If I lose it all I have to do request another be emailed. If I forget my email password I just call my provider and anwser a slew of questions to prove my identity. Things are quick. Now, if my wife gets hold of a password "key" of any kind she will just lose it like she loses her ATM card 2-3 times per year. No thanks.

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