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Why do we need password protected accounts for websites at all? I can (and will) tell lies on account-creation pages as well. And, really, who cares who I am? Even with the account-based model I can easily make 42 different accounts.
No, the real solution is banging the heads of all web-devs who think they'll need accounts against a sufficiently stable wall - until they don't think that anymore.
Nobody with at least half a brain stores _anything_ private unencrypted on the web. Passwords didn't save the dropbox or PlayStation-Network users, and they won't save you.
So, just get rid of your fake security and wannabe identification device named password-"protected" accounts.
Problem solved.
For real security use encryption. With a password. Stored in your brain.
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Web Identity
Perhaps you've seen this recent XKCD about password choice? It prompted a spirited debate – even on our very own Security Stack Exchange – about the merits of the argument presented there. Now, to be clear, I'm completely on Randall's side here; I'm all for passphrases over passwords, and I...
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