Monat: November 2012

Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore

»The age of the password has come to an end; we just haven’t realized it yet. And no one has figured out what will take its place. What we can say for sure is this: Access to our data can no longer hinge on secrets—a string of characters, 10 strings of characters, the answers to 50 questions—that only we’re supposed to know. The Internet doesn’t do secrets. Everyone is a few clicks away from knowing everything.«

(via @fiene)

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Siri Meets Eliza

»Here is a transcript of their first encounter. Despite their 45-year age difference and two-million-fold disparity in RAM, I thought they understood each other remarkably well.«

Aus den Kommentaren, noch wirrer:

Reminds me of conferencing calling two Dunkin’ Donuts together and listening silently as hilarity ensued:
“Hello, Dunkin Donuts.”
“Yes, this is Dunkin Donuts.”
“Yes, this is Dunkin Donuts.”
“Yes.”
“Hello?”
“How can I help you?”
“This is Dunkin Donuts.”
“Yes, it is!”
“Hello?”
…

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