On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Andrew McNabb <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with you, but some (or most?) people who write down passwords > end up leaving them stuck to their monitor. As you mentioned, it > becomes like a physical security token, so it's important to be careful > with it. Too many people aren't.
Arguably, if people can get to your monitor, they could probably also do something like install a keylogger on your keyboard. Of course, that would increase the complexity of the attack, but even so there is a limit to how much one can trust a computer that isn't physically secure. -- John C. McCabe-Dansted /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
