NHS strategy: Write password on whiteboard, hope for best

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A UK medical center was caught displaying system usernames and passwords on a whiteboard visible to anyone in the waiting area. Despite NHS guidelines on password security, staff ignored warnings from a concerned visitor. The piece uses this as a jumping-off point to highlight the persistent human element in security failures and advocates for passkeys as a more secure alternative, citing NCSC guidance that passkeys can't be guessed, phished, or reused across sites.

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