Next to digital IDs, passwords look lame
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How big is your key ring? There are the house keys, of course, and the car keys and the little fob for unlocking the doors from 30 feet away.
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With the closure of IETF&#39;s MARID group a month ago, many of us have left Microsoft&#39;s Sender-ID standard for the dead. After being rejected by the Apache Foundation and the Debian Project over licensing issues
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UPDATE: Yahoo user names and passwords can soon be used to access Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework.
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America Online of Dulles, Va., began marketing a new password technology Tuesday that could simplify login routines for computer users.
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Thumbs down Sony is prepping an update to remove rootkit-like technology that shipped with a range of USB storage devices featuring fingerprint authentication.â¦
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Data breaches contribute less to ID theft and fraud that most people think, according to a recent survey by Javelin Strategy & Research. Losing your checkbook or wallet is more likely to put you at risk.
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It should come as little surprise that Social Security numbers are online. But people are always astounded to learn theirs is one of them.
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(CBS) Instead of using all ten fingers to type in your user names and passwords when you enter a secure web site or log on to your PC, Microsoft wants you to use the tip of just one finger.
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TechWeb - Passwords, the dominant form of securing enterprise assets, are a failure, a research firm says.
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Anti-phishing applications, smart cards, and new authentication technologies are vying for your support.
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Spend time online and odds are you'll have to type a username and password to check your e-mail, access your bank account or read a newspaper story.
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If you buy things on the Web--or even just browse--you could be at risk from prying eyes and sloppy security. Some people want to change that.
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Microsoft is introducing a new line of keyboards and mice this week, including some with fingerprint readers that lets users scan a finger instead of having to enter a log-in name and password when accessing online services or logging on to the PC.
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A flaw in the way Firefox handles log-ons could be used by identity thieves to fool users into disclosing passwords, security researcher Aviv Raff said yesterday.
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Also: Your iris as photo watermark. See what people are saying on News.com Extra.
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A new computerized service enables customers to create phony outbound phone numbers in order to mask their telephone identities.
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For all their electronic sophistication, fingerprint scanners like those being installed by the Department of Homeland Security at airports have a major shortcoming.