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I'm not really surprised to see this at all. The probem of non-technical users being asked to operate systems in what is a very hostile environment (The Interne

I'm not really surprised to see this at all. The probem of non-technical users being asked to operate systems in what is a very hostile environment (The Internet) has been evident for a while. My prediction is that this will lead to even more of a rise of walled garden style ecosystems, where this problem is at least partially managed for the user by the owner of the ecosystem. So for example if I use iOS apps for everything I can let them handle authentication for me and use my fingerprint, which is a much much nicer user experience than remembering a load of passwords. Of course that's not great for the open web, but this very much feels like a tragedy of the commons to me, everyone knows better security is needed, but no-one wants to be the body leading the charge as it's a really hard problem to solve.

PhantomGremlin 10y ago
So for example if I use iOS apps for everything I can let them handle authentication for me and use my fingerprint, which is a much much nicer user experience than remembering a load of passwords. I'm two-thirds of the way thru the comments here, and you are the first to mention this. And yet, as you say, it's a "much much" nicer experience. I've started allowing iOS apps to identify me by fingerprint, and it's a lot more pleasant to do that than to type in some crazy long password.
- _Understated_ 10y ago
  But the problem with using your fingerprint as your "password" in this case is that if your fingerprint becomes compromised you are royally fucked: You can't ever change it! Fingerprints should be usernames, not passwords.