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On 26 Jul 2008, Ian Rawlings said:
> On 2008-07-26, Nix <nix-razor-pit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 25 Jul 2008, Ian Rawlings stated:
>>> More to the point, passwords are only more convenient if you are
>>> logging in from locations on which you don't have the key,
>>> i.e. machines that aren't under your control, and that's hardly a good
>>> idea, no amount of random password gibberish will help there. Logging
>>
>> Yeah, but then you're dead. The machine can copy your private key just
>> as easily as it can keylog you...
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> Tsk, did you not read as far as the bit where I said logging in from
> your *own* machines?
Well, yes. I didn't comment on it because you were right. I commented
on what seems to be a flawed assumption here (even if it does support
my thesis).
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