Kent Borg wrote: > Everyone has known (for decades!) to "never write down your password". > Except those who disagree. Ignorant people you should ignore (not), > such as Bruce Schneier.
Because writing down passwords itself isn't a bad practice. It's writing them down and putting the paper near the things being protected that's a bad practice. I certainly don't leave the key to my front door hanging from the knob outside. It goes into my pocket. Same idea. > better to use paper. Really. Paper. A piece of paper is effectively impervious to remote exploit. It isn't vulnerable to malware or key loggers. It doesn't need security updates. It simply works -- such as it is. The one security weakness that paper has is physical security. This isn't much of a problem after all. We humans have become quite adept at protecting small, important pieces of paper. We're certainly better at it than we are at protecting small electronic devices. -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
