Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
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Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
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Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#2Anyone else remember those Java rings?
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#3How could you write this story and so stubbornly avoid the most obvious title in the world?!
Ach. Such a missed opportunity.
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#4Most of my passwords are in a file called ring. I never write them out fully, but have mnemonics to help me remember. So many sites and if you want to have more than a few passwords, it really is unmanageable.
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#5Isn't this exactly the same concept (if not implementation) as that of the yubikey (http://www.yubico.com/) In fact, google supports yubikey for google mail login. I use mine with Lastpass password vault. Once you have the browser plugin it makes it so easy login and generate secure passwords.
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#6I'll say it since no one else wants to:
"ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL"
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#7Wearable smart cards.
I guess, in a sense, I wear the keys to my car basically everywhere I go.
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#8Anyone else remember those Java rings? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire
Despite what Google says, I think there's a need for people to have multiple online personas. The ring concept is very cool (I remember those rings, wish I had one), but the physical dimensions of the iButton are too large to have multiple of them on a ring. Say, one for home or family, and another for work. If you're a freelancer, then possibly several for your work customers.
Who knows, watches may return, only with the bands as the holder for your key storage devices.
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#9How could you write this story and so stubbornly avoid the most obvious title in the world?! Ach. Such a missed opportunity.
And the most obvious title in the world is ...?
Re: Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring
#10Or just use an IronKey (http://www.ironkey.com/). I have an older device with > 130 unique login and password combinations and VeriSign VIP (RSA token) authentication. Works very well for me although the Linux support isn't great.
It looks like the Workspace versions support Windows To Go for a managed portable OS scenario. I wonder at how robust that can be against a malicious host.