passwords
Of the many, many, many bad things about passwords, you know what the worst is? Password rules. Let this pledge be duly noted on the permanent record of the Internet. I don’t know if there’s an afterlife, but I’ll be finding out soon enough, and I plan
security
Perhaps you've seen this recent XKCD about password choice? It prompted a spirited debate – even on our very own Security Stack Exchange – about the merits of the argument presented there. Now, to be clear, I'm completely on Randall's side here; I'm all
passwords
Microsoft security guru Robert Hensing hit a home run his first time at bat with his very first blog post [http://blogs.technet.com/robert_hensing/archive/2004/07/28/199610.aspx]. In it, he advocates that passwords, as we traditionally think of them, should not be used: > So