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Bill Gates Is Right?
Scott Granneman, 2004-11-19

Bill Gates is right about one thing: asking people to use a two-factor form of authentication would go a long way toward alleviating a lot of the password problems that plague computer security today.

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Bill Gates Is Right? 2004-11-20
Borja Marcos
It's true than (for example) a smart card with a public key is a good authentication system. And some modern ATM frauds would also be avoided.

But, is that smart card secure when used from a Windows PC with a full ecosystem of worms/virii/bots? Not at all. It can be actually more dangerous, as th...

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