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MS to Trade Passwords for 2-Factor Authentication

Posted by timothy on from the something-borrowed-something-blue dept.

Bret Tobey writes "During a security panel at CEBIT, Microsoft's Senior Director for Trustworthy Computing commented that Longhorn would abandon passwords in favor of two factor authentication. While it's hard to argue for keeping passwords, it does raise questions about where this could all lead. None other than Bruce Schneier pointed out how two factor authentication can fail us."

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  1. Re:MS version by topdogqqq · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    You make me sleepy.