# Passwords & alternatives? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords-alternatives/671214 **Category:** Factual Questions **Created:** [October 14, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords-alternatives/671214 "2013-10-14T14:25:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 29
### Author: ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor) #### Post date: [October 15, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords-alternatives/671214/29 "2013-10-15T22:59:55Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > Do you have a cite for that? I’m not disputing, just interested. I found this: > [@Why would I want a smart-card reader?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-want-a-smart-card-reader/619136/11): > > That’s how we log into and lock our computers where I work (a US Air Force base). To my knowledge, that’s the standard way of operating for most DoD [NIPRNet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIPRNet) computers. If our heads-up-their-asses IT folks have deployed it, the system can’t be all that slick. > > I have a card reader on my personal laptop so I can log into my work webmail from home or on the road. I don’t care to take a work laptop when I travel because I can’t do anything fun with it. And by fun, I mean porn. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passwords-alternatives/671214)._