Re: The introduction problem, was Thinking outside the box

On 3/19/2013 9:53 AM, Steve Atkins wrote:
>
> On Mar 19, 2013, at 9:52 AM, "John Levine" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Of course, there is a HUGE difference between a PGP or S/MIME public key
>>> and a simple text password.
>>
>> Not really.  In both cases, key distribution makes them unusable at
>> large scale.
>
> With the partial exception of tagged/disposable addresses, where the
> simple password is part of the email address.


Within sufficiently constrained scenarios, all sorts of hacks are 
viable, and even useful.  This is one of those.

But please note that I did admit to 'useful'.

The challenge for such hacks is to properly document and apply the 
constraints.

d/
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  Dave Crocker
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