Old and Underutilized Technology

I remember a while ago I was excited to find that RSA SecurID technology was being used by an unlikely source, Blizzard. It is basically a key that provides a additional level of protection for logging onto a network. The SecurID, used with a username and password, provides great security for (originally) businesses that needed to be sure their employees were safely logging into the network. The number is generated through an encryption that makes it extremely secure. The Blizzard key, protects one of the largest gaming communities from being targeted for only $6.50 for the key. The description page for Blizzard describes how this adds an additional level of security for its users. Another company also using this technology is paypal, and this affects more people than World of Warcraft (this may be debatable). What surprises me is that there is no company offering a solution that has one SecureID attatched to a person, instead of a product. Then, a person could use it for online banking, games, email, and other websites. In fact it could also have more of a “real-world” presence, instead of signing pads after swiping credit cards, a person could swipe this like a speedpass over the credit card terminal. That way, if a wallet is stolen, all credit cards could be invalidated because the accompanying SecureID was called to report it stolen by the customer. It could help life be a little more secure.