RIP Fernando “Corby” Corbató, inventor of the password (1926-2019)

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By Matthew HughesJul 13, 2019, 12:20 pm267 ptsTrending
Last Friday, legendary MIT computer scientist Fernando “Corby” Corbató passed away at his home in Newton, Massachusetts. He was 93. The Oakland-born researcher was responsible for several pivotal advances in the computer science space, most notably the password, which he invented during his pioneering work…

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