World's 1st SQRL Login: Making Keyloggers & Trackers Obsolete?
Secure Quick Reliable Login (SQRL, pronounced “squirrel”) is a free and open-source program designed by Steve Gibson to replace the traditional username and password Web authentication process. Using public-key cryptography, it allows a user to generate a single master token which can interface pseudonymously with websites, achieving login without having to reveal personal information or passwords. Gibson performed the first SQRL login last week on the Security Now! podcast: “The beauty of that is now we have a per-site private key generated from our single master identity. […] The system....
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