To understand the frustration, imagine that a password database is like a bike in an area prone to high levels of bike theft — a university town such as Oxford, UK.

要了解人们的失望之情，想象一个密码数据库就像在一个自行车失窃风险很高的地方（例如英国牛津等大学城）停放的一辆自行车。

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Every time a customer login, a small brand will produce a new password, each password only once, without memory, effectively solve the problem of password theft.

客户每登陆一次，小牌子就会产生一个新密码，每个密码仅用一次，无需记忆，有效解决了密码被盗问题。

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In particular, since the private key never leaves the remote party in this process, this helps prevents impersonation by password theft (since no password is transmitted).

特别是，因为私钥从未离开过远程党在这个过程中，这有助于防止模拟由密码盗窃(因为没有密码传播)。

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The theft is thought to have involved a phishing scam, whereby fraudsters stole password details by creating a bogus websites or messages that mimic legitimate ones.

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But the larger danger of password insecurity and increased cyber-malice is the swift domino effect that can lead to identity theft of the Mat Honan variety.

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