Bill Gates Proclaims End of Passwords

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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Passport was Supposed to Get Us Down to 1

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But I wouldn't trust that thing farther than I can spit a rat. Billy Boy and his company are not my first choice when I'm worried about security.

It's been pretty easy to add biometrics or hardware keys to your system now. Hell, you can hit thinkgeek and find no less than four devices, although they all appear to only work with Windows. I've seen fingerprint scanners working with Linux at past trade shows too. But of course the idea's not going to catch on until Microsoft "invents" it.