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Let Your Theme Song be Your Password

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-pick-something-so-horrible-no-one-will-want-to-use-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The latest proposed solution to the fact humans suck at using passwords properly is to let people use digital objects, like mp3s, photos or videos instead. A file is hashed into a unique, secure string that acts as the real password. A paper on the idea was put forward in a recent Usenix conference on hot topics in security, and a Firefox extension that implements the idea is available too."

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  1. Done this for a while. by lattyware · · Score: 5, Informative

    TrueCrypt had an option like this. The best thing, in my opinion is to use a password and files. (Yes, multiple files).

    My favourite system was to set up a TrueCrypt volume with a hidden volume. You have two passwords, and a set of files on a CD. The normal volume is opened with a password and all the files on the CD. The hidden is with the passoword and a selection of the files (I called them 0-9 so it ended as a 'pin' of sorts).

    This means two things to know, and one to have, plus plausible deniablity, which isn't bad.

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    -- Lattyware (www.lattyware.co.uk)