Interesting article and comments wrt Passwords in the Clear from Henry S. Thompson on 2007-05-07 (www-tag@w3.org from May 2007)

From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 13:47:23 +0100
To: www-tag@w3.org
Message-ID: <f5btzuoby1w.fsf@hildegard.inf.ed.ac.uk>

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See article in The Register [1] and particularly some of the comments
on it [2].

ht

[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/04/british_gas_payments_security/
[2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/04/british_gas_payments_security/comments/#c_10190
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