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Why Do We Still Pass Our Passwords Over The Network?

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

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Passwords are a legacy of a log-in into main frame computers, and when these computers only connected to a local network. It was thus enough to use a username and a password in order to stop users logging in as other people.

But now? They are just silly and ever more complicated.

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.