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Google, along with the FIDO Alliance is set to launch a USB dongle which will be used to authenticate a user and grant access to a Google account.
Technology Review has this summary:
The small USB stick provides added protection for a Google account. Once a key is associated with your account, you’ll be prompted to insert the device into a computer each time you enter a password to log in - or, if you prefer, once a month on computers you use frequently. Touching a button on the security key triggers a cryptographic exchange with Google’s login systems that verifies the key’s identity.
A more verbose summary can be found directly on the FIDO website as well as CNN.
This key, which I found on Amazon for US $7-$18, seems to be a cheaper solution to the RSA cards and requires less typing.
What is old is new again. I wonder how hard it would be to clone one of these sticks from an infected public computer? And how it would fare going through the laundry?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 22 2014, @01:32PM
Yeeaah... but... will it blend?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Wednesday October 22 2014, @03:32PM
Absolutely - to those in the industry the process is known as "stochastic particle encryption", one of the most robust encryption techniques possible. Sadly it's *so* robust as to be essentially irreversible, and is thus suitable for only a relatively small percentage of use-cases.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 22 2014, @08:41PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by Yates on Thursday October 23 2014, @04:37AM