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24 Aug 2026, 6:17 PM	The Register	3.5	Security vets rally around $4 paper password books for sale in Australia Australia Post is selling paper password books for AU$4.90 (US$3.51), and infosec professionals on social media are increasingly endorsing them as a legitimate alternative to digital password managers. The argument is that a physical book kept at home avoids infostealer malware, which has become a major attack vector against browser-based and software password vaults. Why: If you build or recommend auth flows, the cultural shift toward paper reflects real frustration with digital password manager security—infostealers are extracting credentials from browser vaults at scale. Consider whether your product's threat model accounts for users who may not trust software password managers, and whether passkey adoption (which can't be stored on paper) is the better migration path to push. security authentication passkeys password-management

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24 Aug 2026, 6:17 PM

The Register

3.5

Security vets rally around $4 paper password books for sale in Australia

Australia Post is selling paper password books for AU$4.90 (US$3.51), and infosec professionals on social media are increasingly endorsing them as a legitimate alternative to digital password managers. The argument is that a physical book kept at home avoids infostealer malware, which has become a major attack vector against browser-based and software password vaults.

Why: If you build or recommend auth flows, the cultural shift toward paper reflects real frustration with digital password manager security—infostealers are extracting credentials from browser vaults at scale. Consider whether your product's threat model accounts for users who may not trust software password managers, and whether passkey adoption (which can't be stored on paper) is the better migration path to push.