Passwords are a problem. While they remain the main way we secure applications, services, and systems, they’re increasingly vulnerable. Cloud compute makes it economical to brute-force valuable passwords, while poorly-thought-out password policies drive users to inherently risky behaviors. And while password managers make it easier to have separate complex passwords for everywhere we need them, other “security” policies block us from using those passwords.
What was intended to be a secure internet is increasingly insecure, with our files, data, and finances at risk. It’s still a Wild West out there, and the question is, who will win that frontier? The good guys or a myriad of bad actors?
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