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On Passwordless Day …

Passwords are strange things. They are basically a legacy of the past when we used them to log into computers. But, now they protect our bank details and some of our most sensitive data. Their greatest flaw is that users can all too easily give away their password by revealing it to an intruder (such as with a spear-phishing attack). So, when MIRACL — a company we partner with on cryptography research — ask me for a quote on Passwordless Day (on Alan…