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The age of hacking brings a return to the physical key

  • Written by Jungwoo Ryoo, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Altoona campus, Pennsylvania State University
imageHave hackers driven us back to the age of the physical key?Bautsch

With all the news about Yahoo accounts being hacked and other breaches of digital security, it’s easy to wonder if there’s any real way to keep unauthorized users out of our email and social media accounts.

Everyone knows not to use the same username and password...

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