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The answer in your [0] link is pretty uninformed. The author admits in comments that they never heard about Shamir's secret sharing. But yes, all of the points
by xyzzyz 8y ago
The answer in your [0] link is pretty uninformed. The author admits in comments that they never heard about Shamir's secret sharing.
But yes, all of the points raised in the answers [1] are totally valid. The extra security benefit is so small that really not worth the negative impact on usability. System designers should rather focus more on implementing 2FA.
- xigency 8y agoIt took me a little bit to find the explanation for this scheme: https://web.archive.org/web/20160909032102/https://smartarchitects.co.uk/news/9/15/Partial-Passwords---How.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160909032102/https://smartarch...