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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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I respectfully disagree 2004-11-23
Michael Cloppert
You mention that a problem with passwords is that they don't uniquely identify anyone. This is true, but how much easier is it to steal someone's thumbprint or smart card? If my wallet gets stolen, now I have to worry about credentials being compromised as well.

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