SECURITY Signal 51
Paper password books sold at Australia Post gain security professional endorsement
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Security professionals are publicly endorsing paper password books sold at Australia Post for AU$4.90, marking a shift from the long-standing stigma against physical password storage in the infosec community.
The shift reflects growing recognition that paper is more secure than common alternatives like password reuse or storing credentials in cloud documents, which are routinely compromised by infostealers. For engineers, this validates a simpler personal approach but does not transfer to corporate environments where physical theft during pentests remains a real attack vector.
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Paper password books priced at AU$4.90 are sold at Australia Post and receiving positive attention from security professionals on social media.
The infosec community now considers paper storage more secure than reusing passwords or storing credentials in cloud services like Apple Notes or Google Docs.
Physical password books cannot store passkeys and remain unsuitable for work environments where pentesters can steal them from desks.
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