http://www.itdoescompute.com/2008/12/01/use-a-master-password-the-right-way/ Explanations, Help, Reference, and Tips for the Computer Novice Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.itdoescompute.com/2008/12/01/use-a-master-password-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 Matt Selbie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:41:59 +0000 http://www.itdoescompute.com/?p=321#comment-3174 Nice post that highlights the growing need for usable products on the internet including password managers. Longer password strings are not the solution and don’t seem to have evolved at the same rate other technologies have. The solution proposed is interesting, but there are also alternatives that should be considered. We know from lots of research that people prefer pictures to words and from our own research at Vidoop, that by far the majority of US adults on-line are very frustrated with remembering and organizing passwords. So we developed a visual login that eliminates passwords and yet is effective against the prevalent forms of hacking. Unlike other products that charge, its free, usable, secure and works on multiple computers. It remembers the passwords that the average user can’t, and fills in your forms so you dont have to. Check out the frisbee catching tortoise video at www.vidoop.com Nice post that highlights the growing need for usable products on the internet including password managers. Longer password strings are not the solution and don’t seem to have evolved at the same rate other technologies have. The solution proposed is interesting, but there are also alternatives that should be considered.
We know from lots of research that people prefer pictures to words and from our own research at Vidoop, that by far the majority of US adults on-line are very frustrated with remembering and organizing passwords. So we developed a visual login that eliminates passwords and yet is effective against the prevalent forms of hacking. Unlike other products that charge, its free, usable, secure and works on multiple computers. It remembers the passwords that the average user can’t, and fills in your forms so you dont have to.
Check out the frisbee catching tortoise video at http://www.vidoop.com

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