Quotes About Authentication

God is jealous of His unique prerogatives. His purpose is authentication, not for us to indulge in divination.

Not often—with six-letter passwords a hacker had a better chance of winning the lottery than randomly guessing a particular password. Since the computer hangs up after a few log-in failures, the attacker would need all night to try even a few hundred possible passwords. No, a hacker couldn't magically enter my system. He'd need to know at least one password.

Everything that you see in 'Unhinged' that's quoted can be verified as documented and corroborated.

I used to have a pseudonym for Twitter, and I'm trying to get my check to verify me.

Resetting the password only further frustrated her because the password had to include an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, and the blood of a virgin.

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

I can't remember my PIN number for my debit card or my Facebook password. The digital age sucks sometimes.

Passwords are like underwear: you don't let people see it, you should change it very often, and you shouldn't share it with strangers.

His computer password is "password.

When you lose your Visa card, you get a new card with a new number, and any new charges with the old number are blocked. Why can't we do the same with Social Security numbers?

Beauvoir knew that almost everyone did four things, when faced with modern technology. First they created passwords. Then they forgot them. Then, on being forced to create new ones, they simplified and went with only one, which opened everything. And then they wrote it down. And hid that paper somewhere. That way they only had to remember the place, not the password

Online, we still can't reliably establish one another's identities or trust one another to transact and exchange money without validation from a third party like a bank or a government.

would have no way to authenticate— The phone rang in her hand. The caller ID said it was

If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different.

Roger Ebert has had his right thumb trademarked. Now the police will actually have to pay him if he ever has to give a thumbprint.

most Americans can be identified by name and address using only their ZIP code, birthday, and gender—

Even though cryptography is only a small part of the security system, it is a very critical part. Cryptography is the part that has to provide access to some people but not to others. This is very tricky.

Cryptography takes on the role of the lock: it has to distinguish between "good" access and "bad" access. This is much more difficult than just keeping everybody out.