A (not) new security idea

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Fri Oct 15 16:01:13 UTC 2004


On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 13:56:32 -0400,
  "Scot L. Harris" <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> I think we were talking about regular users that stick postit notes
> under their keyboards (or on the face of the monitor) with their
> passwords on them.  

Even in this it isn't necessarily a bad procedure. It depends on what
your threats are. It may very well be that the people who can get a
look at your post it note passwords are the same people that have
unmonitored physical access to your computer. In that case the post it
note only make it slightly easier to steal your passwords. If the people
with such access aren't the people you are worried about, then this
might be a reasonable tradeoff for convenience. (However, I think if
you really want to write passwords down, a wallet is a better place for
most people to keep them, than stuck to a monitor.)




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