Subject: USA Today surveys password glut, plus 1 solution From: Felix Kramer Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 22:08:02 -0700
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Subject: USA Today surveys password glut, plus 1 solution From: Felix Kramer Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 22:08:02 -0700
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http://www.usatoday.com/money/quick.htm
or paste together the following probably more durable URL: 
http://vote.ieinc2.com/usatoday/Money.ax?_name=usatoday&Action$=ViewResults&
VoteID=271&VotedFor$=PrivateGarbageX

A USA Today Quick Question so far found 48% of 940 respondents have to
remember
7+ passwords. More than 27% have to keep track of 10+. 

Remember how we thought technology would take care of this? I guess too many
with
the overflow:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/mds1.htm
If that goes away it's also at
http://www.sjmercury.com/business/tech/docs/064636.htm

Sometimes-overlooked side effects are viewers or customers lost to
webmasters have to devote to lost-password inquiries.

any.

PITCH for online-news readers who want to explore a partial solution (and
list-members who remember me from years back when I didn't just lurk):

SlipKnot Web browser, who devised a Windows utility to save passwords and
other
crucial bits of data. (Of course, there are other utilities that do that. But
Peter Brooks designed KeyChain to work well with URLs and log-ins, and gave it
the ability to launch web pages, applications and documents. And he made it
configurable up the wazoo.)

Peter thought up a new distribution model, so a webmaster can personalize a
download,
and - this is unique -- receive a small commission when downloader
subsequently
pay-in-advance pyramid with losers at the end.)

password-protected sites, to see what we need to do to provide a solution for
them, thereby perhaps both solving a vexing problem while possibly giving
website owners a small new revenue stream. 

Help yourself to more info at:
http://www.nlightning.com/kchinfo.html

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