[ale] passwords

[cluon at geeklabs.com (Mike Harrison)]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Tim Watts wrote:

> I've often wondered why those anti-spam word jumble graphics haven't
> been deployed on logins as a measure against automated login attacks.
> Certainly not foolproof -- and may pose accessibility issues for some --
> but if there's one place where I'd like to maximize the probability that
> an actual human is providing the input it's during authentication.

If you clear your cookies/browser cache a lot, like I do,
you might see them on LinkedIn and other places. I do.
Especially at unusual times or from odd locations.

While a pain, my Chase accounts make me jump through extra hoops
when I login from odd countries. My favorite from them was when it asked 
my to choose a recent transaction of mine, from a list of transactions.
Luckily, I recognized which one was mine. :)