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Lapsed_Lurker comments on [LINK] Using procedural memory to thwart "rubber-hose cryptanalysis" - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lapsed_Lurker 20 July 2012 08:40:47AM 0 points [-]

I think that the intention is to make forgetting your password as hard as forgetting how to ride a bicycle. Although I only remember the figure of '2 weeks' from reading about this yesterday.

Comment author: Decius 20 July 2012 05:41:48PM 0 points [-]

It's only as valid as identifying someone by how they ride their bicycle. Any number of neurological factors, including fatigue, could change how someone enters the 'password' provided.