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Your hotel example is pretty absurd, because there's no friction involved in carrying around a hotel room key. There is significant friction involved in memori
by salvar 8y ago
Your hotel example is pretty absurd, because there's no friction involved in carrying around a hotel room key.
There is significant friction involved in memorizing a long password. So no, it's not "how most of the world already works".
- ilovetux 8y agoI will admit that it's not quite equivalent, but there was a learning curve that happened when hotels switched from metallic keys to magnetic keycards. I don't think that it's absurd. I guess a more direct example would be an employer trusting you with the combination of a safe. You would need to remember the combination which presumably would be changed periodically. The point I think I'm trying to make is that it's rare for a business to leave the responsibility on the consumer to secure the property of that business whether it's access to a server, a hotel room, or a safe.
- salvar 8y agoIf it's a company safe? Well of course that's the employer's decision. A better example would be a safe deposit box or storage unit with a combination. Where you are accessing your account so to speak. There you can pick the combination yourself in most cases.