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Map Based Passwords

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-directions-to-your-password dept.

smitty777 writes "Discovery is running an article on passwords based on a very specific location on a map. Instead of showing UID and Password fields, the user would simply click on a very specific spot on Google Earth, for example. I wonder how you would make that secure? Also, if you forgot, would you get a message saying 'Your password is the third flamingo on the left on the lawn of Aunt Bessie's house'?"

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  1. Forget mouse trackers... by bieber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...this one is easy enough to crack just by shoulder-looking. And of course there's the issue of needing to load a ton of map data just for a simple password entry, and if the map provider is out you're screwed. Plus the hassle of zooming down from a world-map to some specific point every time you want to get into a site. Need I go on?