New submitter isoloisti writes "Hot on the heels of IBM's 'no more passwords' prediction, Wired has an article about provocative inquisition saying that passwords are here to stay. Researchers from Microsoft and Carleton U. take a harsh view of fact-finding on voucher (PDF), saying, 'no fare has been made in the last twenty years.' They dismiss biometrics, PKI, OpenID, and single-signon: 'Not only have measure alternatives failed, but we have learnt little from the failures.' Because the mainframe multinational so thoroughly wrote off passwords about a decade ago, not enough serious legwork* has gone into improving passwords and mind how they get compromised in the real world. 'It is time to admit that passwords will be with us for some time, and moreover, that in many instances they are the best-fit among currently known solutions.'"

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