Comments on: Seat Belts and the Password Problem http://agilityloop.com/2009/05/19/seat-belts-and-the-password-problem/ The musings of the agile on the world of tech and government Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Weak Passwords « Agility Loop http://agilityloop.com/2009/05/19/seat-belts-and-the-password-problem/#comment-49 Weak Passwords « Agility Loop Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:21:08 +0000 http://agilityloop.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-49 [...] of authentication.  I blogged about awhile ago, that will only really happen until it becomes prohibitively expensive and painful for banks, credit card companies, etc to support just passwords. Categories: Identity, Security [...] [...] of authentication.  I blogged about awhile ago, that will only really happen until it becomes prohibitively expensive and painful for banks, credit card companies, etc to support just passwords. Categories: Identity, Security [...]

]]> By: Kevin Heald http://agilityloop.com/2009/05/19/seat-belts-and-the-password-problem/#comment-18 Kevin Heald Wed, 20 May 2009 13:51:16 +0000 http://agilityloop.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-18 I think it is probably a combination of both thoughts. 1) Make an easy/cheap/authentication solution that users will want to adopt. Perhaps even add some value add for using a stronger auth method? 2) A bit of coaxing from the financials institutions. Either way, a good discussion to continue to have and thx for your comments and thoughts... -K I think it is probably a combination of both thoughts.

1) Make an easy/cheap/authentication solution that users will want to adopt. Perhaps even add some value add for using a stronger auth method?

2) A bit of coaxing from the financials institutions.

Either way, a good discussion to continue to have and thx for your comments and thoughts…

-K

]]> By: Mark Dixon http://agilityloop.com/2009/05/19/seat-belts-and-the-password-problem/#comment-17 Mark Dixon Wed, 20 May 2009 13:49:00 +0000 http://agilityloop.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-17 Kevin: Thanks for the link in your blog. While I do admit that many people use seat belts because of fear of traffic citations, there are a great many who do it because it is safe and easy to use them. I grew up in the '60s when cars didn't even have seat belts or had very difficult to use lap belts, but when retractable three-point seat belts became available, we started using them - long before government mandate. Same thing with baby car seats and motorcycle helmets. My point with passwords is that if the online industry can produce and adopt methods of safe authentication that are very easy to use and widely available, people would migrate to those methods naturally, even without government regulation. Thanks, Mark Kevin:

Thanks for the link in your blog.

While I do admit that many people use seat belts because of fear of traffic citations, there are a great many who do it because it is safe and easy to use them. I grew up in the ’60s when cars didn’t even have seat belts or had very difficult to use lap belts, but when retractable three-point seat belts became available, we started using them – long before government mandate. Same thing with baby car seats and motorcycle helmets.

My point with passwords is that if the online industry can produce and adopt methods of safe authentication that are very easy to use and widely available, people would migrate to those methods naturally, even without government regulation.

Thanks,

Mark

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