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The End of Passwords

Mar 14, 2004 12:32PM PST

"The way passwords are used is dangerous right now," said Michael Wood, vice president of sales at Lavasoft, a firm that produces anti-spyware software. He told the E-Commerce Times that he often hears stories about individuals gaining control of a company network by using keylogging spyware, which records a user's keystrokes.

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/33103.html

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