Ben Brown has floated some very interesting thoughts on the current password problem faced by most users. It turns out many people never remember the password to the various websites they access. Many simply use the password recovery option each time they visit. Ben takes the time to lay out an option that would eliminate the need for passwords.

As a geek, I'd like the option to continue using passwords because I'm addicted to 1Password. But I think this idea has a lot of merit for the 99% of users who've never even heard of 1Password and use lousy passwords.

Hat tip to Marco.