
If they're like the ones within range of my office, most of them are protected by the WiFi Protected Access or WiFi Protected Access 2 security protocols. Take, for example, the hundreds of millions of WiFi networks in use all over the world. Lose control of the wrong password and it may only be a matter of time until the rest of our digital assets fall, too.


After all, passwords are the keys that secure Web-based bank accounts, sensitive e-mail services, and virtually every other facet of our online life.

Last week's feature explaining why passwords are under assault like never before touched a nerve with many Ars readers, and with good reason.
