IBM Plans to Deliver 4,000+ Qubit System: A New Roadmap for Quantum Computing https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ibm-plans-deliver-4000-qubit-system-new-roadmap-quantum-kromme Good citizens have a number of good reasons to look to the good power of quantum computing. Very probably, bad guys have a number of bad reasons to look to the bad power of quantum computing. We certainly want to be able to enjoy the former while being able…

I posted a warning message a week ago on the impact of a wrong design of digital identity on democracy — “What Happens when Truth Prevails” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_democracy-privacy-ethics-activity-6929600705875890177-M4x6 I would reiterate we need to tackle this clear and present danger most urgently lest it should paralyse the nervous system of democratic…

“The Quest to Replace Passwords: A Framework for Comparative Evaluation of Web Authentication Schemes”∗ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/QuestToReplacePasswords.pdf According to this Microsoft paper, “It will augment passwords with hand gestures push notifications and 2 factor authentication.” Well, should ‘hand gesture push notifications’ be deployed with ‘passwords’ in security-enhancing in-series/two-layer formation, it would fatally…

$43 billion stolen through Business Email Compromise since 2016, reports FBI https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/43-billion-stolen-through-business-email-compromise-since-2016-reports-fbi/ This report indicates that a big chunk of the attacks involve the compromise of login credentials. Identity Assurance by citizens’ autobiographic/episodic memory helps a lot to thwart the attacks that break the user authentication, as discussed here — “Solution Resides in Citizen’s Brain Unnoticed” https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_democracy-privacy-ethics-activity-6908966261007503360-_Cd_…

Millions of Australians exposed to cybercriminals for using the same password Millions of Australians exposed to cybercriminals for using the same password Despite most being familiar with the dangerous threat posed by cybercriminals, a startling volume of Australians are…www.news.com.au Most of us humans are unable to remember more than several passwords. Those of us who can somehow manage to remember them find that they are unable to remember the relations between the passwords and the corresponding accounts .

Our economy would feel the pain of losing a finger if the truth prevails right now. It would be the pain of losing a foot if it take 5 more years before the truth prevails. It might be like losing a leg if it takes 10 more years . Should…

US tech titans look to ditch passwords https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-tech-titans-ditch-passwords.html It is no good to see such influential corporations and organisations helping to spread a false sense of security and damaging the cyberdefence of democratic nations from within. History tells us that dominant voices, however loud, are often wrong. We may well be witnessing one such case. Don’t lend…

Today’ topic — “Microsoft, Apple, Google accelerate push to eliminate passwords” https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/05/microsoft-apple-google-fido/ Presumably due to the collective influence of the players, especially as deep-pocket sponsors, many tech media are loudly taking up this non-new news, From my experience, I could consider three possible cases of getting to being ‘passwordless’ - …