Password / Martin Paul Eve.
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TextSeries: Object lessons: Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Academic, An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016Description: 124 pages ; 17 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781501314872; 1501314874Subject(s): Identification -- Popular works | Passing (Identity) -- Popular works | Authentication -- Popular works | Security systems -- Popular works | Computers -- Access control -- Passwords -- Popular works | Authentication | Computers -- Access control -- Passwords | Identification | Passing (Identity) | Security systemsGenre/Form: Popular works.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Password.DDC classification: 005.8 LOC classification: HM1068 | .E93 2016| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-117) and index.
Introduction: Passwords and their limits -- "Who goes there?" : militaries, mortality, and passwords -- Special characters : passwords in literature and religion -- P455w0rd5 and the digital era -- Identity.
"Where does a password end and an identity begin? A person might be more than his chosen ten-character combination, but does a bank know that? Or an email provider? What's an 'identity theft' in the digital age if not the unauthorized use of a password? In untangling the histories, cultural contexts and philosophies of the password, Martin Paul Eve explores how 'what we know' became 'who we are', revealing how the modern notion of identity has been shaped by the password. Ranging from ancient Rome and the 'watchwords' of military encampments, through the three-factor authentication systems of Harry Potter and up to the biometric scanner in the iPhone, Password makes a timely and important contribution to our understanding of the words, phrases and special characters that determine our belonging and, often, our being."--Publisher's description.
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