On top of never having to remember a password again, Pico users would be theoretically immune from phishing attacks, choosing weak passwords, or even having their password stolen by an over-the-shoulder snoop.
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That means users only need to remember one master password, which they're not likely to forget.
But remember that strong password protection remains the first, and in most cases, the best line of defense for consumers and businesses.
As the Internet has become part of our lives, the typical web user today has accumulated dozens of accounts at different websites, each with a distinct username and password to remember.
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Now they are increasing their focus on technology consumers can use to make purchases by simply entering a password or other easy-to-remember information on an e-commerce website, or by tapping a smartphone against a merchant payment terminal instead of swiping a physical card.
The inconvenience of having to remember multiple user names, each often accompanied by a separate password, is eliminated.
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Please do remember, friends, that even if your phone has a password, the contents can often be accessed once the phone is linked to a computer.
However, the need to remember a Web site is now replaced by the need to remember to bring a physical flash drive, and there is still a password requirement.
Strict security measures at the Postal Service required regular password changes and forced users to select nonobvious passwords, which are harder to remember.
Obviously, I now need to remember every crappy Internet service I signed up for over the last decade with the same password as my PlayStation one and change them.
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