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		dredmorbius on Sept 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pandora doesn't hash their passwords Why are we still relying on passwords rather than a secure PKI key-based access method in which unique keys are generated for each remote system accessed?

ciupicri on Sept 21, 2012 [–]

There's the possibility of authenticating with a SSL certificate. Fedora uses this method for a web service.

There is also OpenID, but not many sites are using it unfortunately.

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