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Two Factor or not Two Factor
by Jeffrey Goldberg Sep 23, 2011
“Why doesn’t 1Password offer two factor authentication?” That is a question we face regularly, and one we often ask of ourselves. Ultimately, the question boils down to two kinds of data security risk: threats to confidentiality versus threats to availability.
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Facebook and caps lock unintuitive security
by Jeffrey Goldberg Sep 13, 2011
It has recently been noted over at ZDnet that if your Facebook password is PattyAndMolly, Facebook will also accept pATTYaNDmOLLY as a valid password. This may initially seems look something that weakens users’ security. However it actually is a good thing.
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Who do you trust to tell you who to trust?
by Jeffrey Goldberg Sep 6, 2011
The big security news of the past few days is the story of the compromise of the DigiNotar Certificate Authority and the subsequent issuing of fraudulent SSL certificates, leading to actual Man in the Middle attacks against Gmail users in Iran. If that previous sentence was gobbledygook, this post should explain some of it. It will also give you …
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1Password to Rule Them All
by Jeffrey Goldberg Sep 1, 2011
Twelve passwords for banks and bills so high, Seventy for retailers with their online stores, Ninety for communities of Men to whom I say “hi”, One for me, ’cause I can’t know more. In the land of Crypto where the Secrets lie.
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Convenience is Security
by Jeffrey Goldberg Aug 22, 2011
We often hear people say that there is a trade-off between security and convenience. Although there is some truth to that, I want to explain why, more often than not, security actually requires convenience. I should warn you, though, that this is going to be one of my most boastful articles to date.
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