Re: Passwords

> But the industry needs to recognize that the system doesn't
> work.   MicroSoft has the power to do something about it,

Microsoft is the _problem_ not the solution.  Unix had expiring
passwords and other mechanisms decades ago.  MS barely requires
passwords and implements them badly.

> maybe by coming out with a keyboard that has a thumb-print reader

They are already built into some laptops and available for other
machines, no need for MS to 'invent' them.  But then some seem to think
that MS invented everything from 'the PC' to the internet.

> and including some standard ways of producing verifications using
this that can be easily
> incorporated by web sites.

SSL ?