Bane of Digital Identity — Disastrously Misguided ‘No Password’ Authentication
The misperceived ‘passwordless’ authentication is really a bane of identity security.
It’s a pity that a very large part of the global population remains unwittingly exposed to the peril of password-removed digital identity at the end of 2021; 20 years have passed since we started to sound the alarm.
We wish to make clear again that the password is to digital identity what the army is to national defence. Removing the password simply because it would be vulnerable to theft is ridiculous and self-destructive for identity assurance just as removing the army simply because it would be vulnerable to air attack is ludicrous and self-suicidal for defence of the nations.
Ref: “Self-Destructive Lunacy”
Key References
Biometrics is to Password what Back door is to Front door
Removal of Passwords and Its Security Effect
Negative Security Effect of Biometrics Deployed in Cyberspace
External Body Features Viewed as ‘What We Are’
Additional References
For Achieving Solid Digital Identity on Information Security Buzz (Mar/2021)
What We Know for Certain about Authentication Factors
Digital Identity for Global Citizens
Image-to-Code Conversion by Expanded Password System
Summary and Brief History — Expanded Password System
Proposition on How to Build Sustainable Digital Identity Platform
Account Recovery with Expanded Password System
History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System
Update: Questions and Answers — Expanded Password System and Related Issues
< Videos on YouTube>
Slide: Outline of Expanded Password System (3minutes 2seconds)
Digital Identity for Global Citizens (10minutes — narrated)
Demo: Simplified Operation on Smartphone for consumers (1m41s)
Demo: High-Security Operation on PC for managers (4m28s)
Demo: Simple capture and registration of pictures by users (1m26s)
Slide: Biometrics in Cyber Space — “below-one” factor authentication
