Advocate of Identity Assurance by Citizens' Volition and Memory. Founder and Chief Architect at Mnemonic Identity Solutions Limited
< Why Are Passwords Bad?> A LinkedIn member who read my earlier post “No Password, No Phishing” suggested me to refer to writings on why passwords are bad. Actually, I have read such writings dozens of times over two decades. Here is one of the latest – “Passwordless authentication: The future is here“ https://lnkd.in/gbv77zq I agree that passwords are not secure – they can be lost, stolen and abused. I cannot disagree, either, that physical tokens are not secure – they can be lost, stolen and abused. What puzzles me is the argument that the password should therefore be killed while the physical token should therefore be promoted. I feel like falling into a Rabbit Hole. Is it simply due to a logical mistake of mixing up something ‘insufficient’ with something ‘harmful’? Ref: “Removal of Passwords and Its Security Effect” https://lnkd.in/eJXQguW "Aiming to Destroy Democracy?" https://lnkd.in/gG8vqnU #identity #authentication #password #security #biometrics #privacy #democracy #emergency #disaster #panic #defense #government #pandemic #teleworking
Cannot agree more with your insightful considerations I think there is a persisting bias towards technology that makes many think that it can solve all people problems (it is also known as "fix-it" culture, and has many pundits that support it, not only in da mighty #SiliconValhalla.... )
"No Password, No Phishing" https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/hitoshikokumai_no-password-no-phishing-where-passwords-activity-6770934481625972736-ZBOm By the way, it's just obvious that attempts to compare a wisely or poorly managed password with a poorly or wisely deployed physical token would take us nowhere.
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3 年We'll keep on plugging TY Hitoshi Kokumai