On: Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can'...

[yock]

"Passwords are here to stay. They provide reasonable security."

Words.

Since the premise of the article (and the person to which you've replied) is that your statement is false, you're going to need to provide more than the above to refute it.

[pfortuny → yock]

This is EXACTLY what I had in mind when reading 'passwords should die a horrible death. They are a mere fallacy. An illusion of security.'

I did not make the irony clear, my fault.

[josh_blum → yock]

Here is a good article discussing some of the tradeoffs with various password schemes, the fix is necessary but far from trivial.

http://css.csail.mit.edu/6.858/2012/readings/passwords.pdf