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Re: LinkedIn password database compromised


From: Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:06:40 -0400


On Jun 20, 2012, at 5:54 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:

On 6/20/2012 2:39 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
Users would find it much more convenient and wonder why we ever used passwords, I think... 

Yes. Those users who have a single computer with a single browser. For anyone with a computer *and* a smartphone, 
however, there's a huge missing piece. And it gets exponentially worse as the number of devices multiplies.

Not including the "app culture" that results in things like the Hilton (for example) app being just a bookmark into 
their mobile website.  That does not make it a fully fledged application.  I could have used my web browser to get to 
the same place and flow better as well :)  (oh and the per-brand apps that exist as well.. *sigh*).

Not sure how to import my crypto key into those :)

- Jared




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