Usernames vs. Passwords

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-18T06:38:04Z in Technology, with these tags: passwords, usernames, jump to comment form. 66 words.

I just had a great idea. How about a website where your username is your password and your password is your username, and your password is public but your username is private? That would probably be more secure than the traditional hidden-password approach, because no one would be able to log in to your account, because no one would know your username but you!

I’m so brilliant…

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