two factor authentication

[Frank Cusack]

On July 23, 2006 6:50:35 AM +0000 Jefferson Ogata <Jefferson.Ogata at noaa.gov> wrote:
> Actually, if you use smartcards, you have an unknown level of security,
> since you're at the mercy of the smartcard vendor. I have nothing
> against smartcards, but they're not free, and they don't necessarily
> provide the security they claim to. For all I know, any given smartcard
> has an RFID backdoor.

Well geez, in that case you can never be secure, ever.  Your Lenovo
laptop could have a backdoor.

-frank