Around the same time a number of us working furry conventions on the west coast had about the same idea, but we noted that many of the terminals of the time had

Around the same time a number of us working furry conventions on the west coast had about the same idea, but we noted that many of the terminals of the time had a browser session type, so we ended up using that and web based kiosks for terminals. These days the same software (now used at a number of conventions) is used with mobile devices and the need for having convention-provided kiosks has slowed quite a bit. People still forget their passwords all the time.