One day we may no longer have to jump through all these hoops to protect ourselves. Everyone seems to be interested in solving the password mess, from Google to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is offering $10 million in grants for developers to come up with alternatives to password authentication. Even Ford (yes, the car company) is working on it, with a Chrome extension that automatically logs you in to sites when your phone is near your computer and backs out when you leave. If all else fails, there's potential in our brains: Researchers are working on training systems that teach humans to store random 30-character passwords in their subconscious. Now that's a smart password manager.
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