Comments on: Is Giving away Passwords cool Again? http://notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/ no expert in technology Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Carsten Pötter http://notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/#comment-6674 Carsten Pötter Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:47:54 +0000 http://www.notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/#comment-6674 I don't mind giving my passwords to an online password manager like PassPack. It's a tool that is doing exactly what it says it does. But Allyve is using my passwords to aggregate data from those applications. It just seems strange doing stuff like this these days. I don’t mind giving my passwords to an online password manager like PassPack. It’s a tool that is doing exactly what it says it does. But Allyve is using my passwords to aggregate data from those applications. It just seems strange doing stuff like this these days.

]]> By: secauditor http://notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/#comment-6669 secauditor Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:57:55 +0000 http://www.notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/#comment-6669 Looking at this type of a technology I would not only run away, but run away as fast as possible. Why would anyone want to trust your only form of securing your digital identity to someone else. While the ease of use might appeal to some ultimately it appears that you have no control over this data. While not a huge fan of OpenID and OAuth at least with both of these the user retains ultimate control over their information. Alternatives to this include some of the latest biometric devices put out by most of the major laptop vendors. These allow you to tie your fingerprint to a database which keep track of all of your online passwords and user accounts. -secauditor Looking at this type of a technology I would not only run away, but run away as fast as possible. Why would anyone want to trust your only form of securing your digital identity to someone else. While the ease of use might appeal to some ultimately it appears that you have no control over this data.

While not a huge fan of OpenID and OAuth at least with both of these the user retains ultimate control over their information. Alternatives to this include some of the latest biometric devices put out by most of the major laptop vendors. These allow you to tie your fingerprint to a database which keep track of all of your online passwords and user accounts.

-secauditor

]]> By: Pfefferle http://notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/#comment-6535 Pfefferle Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.notsorelevant.com/2008-01-30/is-giving-away-passwords-cool-again/#comment-6535 The little guy in the back of my mind told me some similar things... I am very sceptic with giving all my login-data and passwords in the hand of one platform. The little guy in the back of my mind told me some similar things… I am very sceptic with giving all my login-data and passwords in the hand of one platform.

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