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Old 30-06-2009, 16:45   #10
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Re: Protect your password in a cyber cafe and on public computers

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Originally Posted by punky View Post
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What utter rubbish from so-called experts. The comments (for once) on El Reg are actually pretty good.
I have some sympathy for the view. It's particularly annoying on routers and the like where you are entering the password that is used by many other devices. If you forget what it is then there is nothing for it but to enter a new one and then go round changing all the others - quite a task on a large network.

---------- Post added at 16:45 ---------- Previous post was at 16:37 ----------

In many large organizations, such as the NHS, you have to put your Smartcard in a slot on the side of your keyboard before you can access any information.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card
http://www.gemalto.com/
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