A New Push to End Passwords

Russell Perkins, ICG

Post by: Russell Perkins, ICG

I hate passwords.

But I don’t hate passwords as a concept. Certainly I understand the need, but password protection implemented poorly creates friction and often frustration, and that’s not good for business or for my own personal protection. Now there’s a new initiative out of Silicon Valley called the “Petition Against Passwords.” It’s not proposing a specific alternative, but the basic premise is that we can do better. And the initiative seems to be getting some early traction.

Sure, let’s start talking about eliminating passwords. But first, let’s acknowledge that a lot of the problem is self-inflicted by the way in which we have implemented passwords.

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