Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22

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Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22, says a security researcher.
Computer scientist Ziyad Al-Salloum of ZSS-Research, writing in the International 
Journal of Security and Networks, claims it's easier to remember places than numbers 
or words.

The system asks users to draw a boundary round a favourite place which is then hashed.

According to Al-Salloum  "Proposing an effective replacement of conventional passwords could reduce 76% of data breaches, based on an analysis of more than 47,000 reported security incidents," 
he explains that a whole-earth map might have 360 billion tiles at 20 degrees of 
"zoom," making geographical passwords essentially unguessable.

[1] "http://esciencenews.com/articles/2014/02/16/geographical.passwords.worth.their.salt"
[2] "http://xkcd.com/936/"

P.S. I assume there's some overlap between readers of this group, soylentnews and 
Slashdot, so I'm going to try to avoid posting stories already covered on those 
sites.

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Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-17 09:25 +0925
  Re: Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-17 19:08 +0200
  Re: Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-17 17:52 +0000
  Re:Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-18 10:31 +0000
    Re:Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 dialmove <dialmove@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 12:52 +0000
      Re: Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-18 20:01 +0000
        Re: Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 Tommy Mercer <txmercer@gmail.com> - 2014-02-18 21:22 +0000
  Re: Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-02-22 17:51 +0000
    Re: Geographical passwords could solve the password catch-22 "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-22 12:48 +0000

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