U2F or Universal 2nd Factor security keys have been with us since around 2009 in their current form although some smartcard technology they use has been with us considerably longer. Many people in the IT press have written about what we should do to improve our security posture, few however credited this technology as a solution to the password and phishing problem. Today, I want to take a few minutes to talk about some different ways a U2F security key can be used on a perso

Einstein's allegedly quoted as saying "doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting different results is the definition of insanity,". My feeling is, he was talking about repeating experiments over and over that don't work. Almost all adult nowadays have an excessive number of accounts, email, banking, social media, newspapers, websites, the list goes on and on. Each requires, we are told, unique credentials. In many cases, website owners host content which really has no n