Some IT experts say passwords don’t protect users since they are so easily hacked. Others say passwords would still be fairly effective if users didn’t make them so easy to hack. Security experts agree biometrics, which will not improve security, will not make it worse. The only way to make a password more effective is to make it longer, says a BBC-TV information security officer. Some say passwords should be part of a layered security defense that includes IDS, firewalls and encryption of data.”]
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