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[ef4]

In those cases people should be using hardware authentication tokens. They're both more usable and more secure.

[engi_nerd → ef4]

Try convincing the US government of that. I wish you luck (I really do). Trying to educate program security people on computers is one of the banes of my existence.

[ef4 → engi_nerd]

Plenty of parts of the US government do know. I've seen multiple DoD networks where hardware tokens are the required form of authentication.

[engi_nerd → ef4]

So have I. CACs don't work on classified systems though.

[j_s → engi_nerd]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Access_Card

[engi_nerd → j_s]

These don't work on all networks. Like classified networks.