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		Pistos2 on July 29, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chroma-Hash: a sexy, non-reversible, live visualiz... If someone is already shoulder surfing, wouldn't it be easier to look at the hands and keyboard than at the colour bars and asterisks?

paulgb on July 29, 2009 [–]

I was thinking more of the case where someone thinks "how much information about my password could three patches of colour reveal?" and logs into their account during a recorded presentation.

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