Has the password had its day?

By Kurt Lennartsson 2002-11-01T00:00:00

Although passwords are a cheap and convenient way to authenticate computer users, there are some fundamental problems with them. They're easy to forget, and just as easy to 'hack'. For the past 12 months a number of major organisations have been working on alternatives to passwords that could improve computer ...

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