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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Brian,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>That was a great idea about Captcha there. It somewhat slipped
through my mind when I’m in the midst of research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 25, 2009 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Final Year Project Brainstorming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>An interesting and always relevant topic is passwords.
Within your lifetime you will see a paradigm shift in passwords. What will it
be? Will there be an arms race between those who wish to steal your identity
and those who develop new authentication mechanisms? Why is it that biometric
solutions haven't taken off so far? The answer is that they decrease the
usability of the device without increasing the benefit to the user. Users like
weak passwords because they are easy to remember and they can use the same
password for all their applications. They are not aware of the ever increasing
threat of identity theft and any awareness effort is likely to fail. How can
you help users have safer computer experiences, perhaps restricting yourself to
the online domain only, without them noticing?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Another timely topic is captcha's. It's very likely that
between now and your senior year every single currently existing captcha will
be cracked. Captcha's are a very interesting case because they are a weak
example of a turing test. They are meant to test that the person passing the
test is indeed human. This topic is a perfect juxtaposition of security,
usability and artificial intelligence research. Perhaps the most secure captcha
is also the most usable. What is it? Design it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Choon Ming <<a
href="mailto:choonming2002@gmail.com">choonming2002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tence,<br>
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I am required to create a new system based on my my major not just
informational ( e.g. a secure method to transfer files etc)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Tence T. George <<a
href="mailto:tence@ieee.org" target="_blank">tence@ieee.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Well do you have to any heavy
duty programming or is it informational? <o:p></o:p></p>
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