Dual Causes of Password Predicament

Hitoshi Kokumai
2 min readSep 13, 2021

Our password headache may well be the consequence of these dual causes — ‘Use of Impracticable Password’ and ‘Non-Use of Practicable Password’

Everyone grumbles at the former, while few are well awake to the latter.

For more about the latter, you could refer to this post –https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_mnemonic-identity-solutions-activity-6815444973333434368-prkp">“Torturous login is history”

Key References

Bring a healthy second life to legacy password systems

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

Additional References

Removal of Passwords and Its Security Effect

Step-by-Step Analysis of Why and How Biometrics Brings Down Security

Negative Security Effect of Biometrics Deployed in Cyberspace

External Body Features Viewed as ‘What We Are’

History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System

Availability-First Approach

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

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Hitoshi Kokumai

Advocate of ‘Identity Assurance by Our Own Volition and Memory’, Inventor of Expanded Password System and Founder of Mnemonic Identity Solutions Limited in UK.