Confirmation for cached passphrases useful?

[MFPA]

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Hi


On Tuesday 12 October 2010 at 4:05:45 AM, in
<mid:4CB3D089.3010909 at fifthhorseman.net>, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:


> re-entering the passphrase each time is significantly
> more annoying than confirming its use in a reasonable
> context.  (and re-entering the passphrase every time
> the secret is used is less secure than a simple
> confirmation prompt, since it trains the user to type
> their passphrase over and over again)

The user can type their password once per session into a text file and
paste it every time it is requested. This reduces the annoyance factor
and does not train the user to constantly re-type the passphrase.

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