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Why would you ever want this?
Authored by: evildrbob on Sep 28, '04 02:39:01PM

I use it because I'm paranoid. :)

Truly, a good password is usually all you need. But if you don't change passwords often, or if you "recycle" passwords (e.g. use the same password in many different places), the probability of your password getting compromised increases. Also, if for some reason someone installs a keycapture utility on your machine when you aren't looking (you *do* leave your desk once in a while, don't you?), they might get the password, but unless they're really OS X saavy it'll take them just that much longer to get around the script.

I use this script for my personal machine which I leave at work - just as a redundant means of securing down my personal account.


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