Browsing the blog archives for September, 2009
Masked passwords pose a significant useability issue which can be avoided. Masked passwords often lead to user frustration and possibly encourage users to chose simple passwords that are easy to enter without making mistakes.
Further, the security benefits from masked passwords are likely minimal for most users and applications. However, there are situations and applications that [...]
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With the relatively new 3.5+ release comes a new Geolocation API that enables geographical positioning of the browser client. Positioning is done through an array of means:
“Common sources of location information include Global Positioning System (GPS) and location inferred from network signals such as IP address, RFID, WiFi and Bluetooth MAC addresses, and GSM/CDMA cell [...]
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