Monday Morning Reading
The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security
To which I would add a seventh:
Biometric identifiers. Sure, it does price some timid criminals out of the market of cybercrime, but it also increases the risk to the innocent or the protected. After all, whereas the serious criminal who really, really wants to get in only had to guess your passwords and PINs, now he or she needs your body part.
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