Posts by D S Hodgson 2 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Oct 2009
Why do people who create web sites think their site is important to the users? Most sites aren't important so people use the same password for them all - and that's the safest strategy for them. That way they only need to remember a small number of unique passwords for the important sites.
Most strange are the unimportant sites which try to enforce a complex password policy - delusions of grandeur?
He doesn't believe it'll be achieved, he just wants to justify and market a secure closed sub-set of the internet where everyone has a validated identity. A walled compound. You pay to join (be issued an identify certificate) and then you can trust all your neighbours.
There are lots of people who would "trade" their privacy for a feeling of safety. There always have been. How many people regret the passing of AOL's closed version of the internet?
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