What is a password really protecting?
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What is a password really protecting?
You type your password into your phone, your laptop, your game account. Click. You're in. But what's actually happening behind that locked door? What treasure is your password guarding?
Here's the thing: your password isn't protecting a physical object. There's no vault in the computer with your photos locked inside. Instead, your password is protecting you. It's proving to the computer that YOU are YOU — not some stranger pretending to be you.
