On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > People have managed physical keys for *centuries*. Yes, there are a class > of threats where you lose your key, or someone steals it, or makes a > copy, but the risks are well-understood and can be managed even by your > grandmother. We have good solutions for those problems that work well, > and many of them apply just as well to sticky notes with secure passwords > written on them.
I don't know how well the analogy holds up. People protect their keys, because a) if they lose them, they can't get into their house or business, and b) if they're stolen, somebody else could gain access and steal expensive items from them. People are less likely to protect their sticky notes, because a) nobody is going to steal a piece of paper, and b) if it does go missing, the IT guy is just one phone call away, and c) who would want to break into my desktop anyway? I don't have any trade secrets in there. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
