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A frequent source of severe design errors can be fast built systems, developed by unskilled people: |
A frequent source of severe design errors can be fast built systems, developed by unskilled people: |
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-Identification for example by your “mother’s maiden name”, which is easy for the thief to find out from birth or marriage records |
-Identification for example by your “mother’s maiden name”, which is easy for the thief to find out from birth or marriage records |
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-The sheer number of applications for which the average person is asked to use a password exceeds the powers of human memory |
-The sheer number of applications for which the average person is asked to use a password exceeds the powers of human memory |
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-This often results in using the same passwords for different purposes |
-This often results in using the same passwords for different purposes |
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Revision as of 20:05, 8 November 2004
A frequent source of severe design errors can be fast built systems, developed by unskilled people:
-Identification for example by your “mother’s maiden name”, which is easy for the thief to find out from birth or marriage records
-The sheer number of applications for which the average person is asked to use a password exceeds the powers of human memory
-This often results in using the same passwords for different purposes
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