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How do NFC tags prevent copying?

Posted on July 19, 2014 by Antoine Pinsard

Ten years ago, we opened our building’s front door with a badge. Five years ago we paid public transports with an RFID card. Today we pay for our bread with the same system and tomorrow we would probably be able to authenticate ourselves w… Continue reading How do NFC tags prevent copying?→

Posted in authentication | Tagged NFC

Is it a good idea to have a "master" password?

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Antoine Pinsard

Though I do have a good memory of passwords, it is quite impossible to have one password per application. Yet, it should be… My current way to deal with passwords is to have five passwords and to choose one of them accordin… Continue reading Is it a good idea to have a "master" password?→

Posted in algorithm, encryption, hash, password policy, passwords

Are passwords stored in memory safe?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Antoine Pinsard

I just realized that, in any language, when you save a password in a variable, it is stored as plain text in the memory.

I think the OS does its job and forbids processes from accessing each other’s allocated memory. But I also think this… Continue reading Are passwords stored in memory safe?→

Posted in memory, Operating Systems, passwords

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