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Asymmetric cryptography under the tonnes of bullshit marketing.
by dandanua 6y ago
Asymmetric cryptography under the tonnes of bullshit marketing.
- CharlesW 6y agoThis is the first I've heard of the product, but remind me why building cryptography products and then marketing them is bad?
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoI don't know that it is bad per se, just pointing out that this is a fairly simple existing technology and not some new thing
- CharlesW 6y agoAh, gotcha. I'm always interested in tuning my bullshit meter, but their top-level claims — passwordless, continuous authentication, improved user experience — seem pretty justifiable. I use a good password manager right now, but even so I find myself entering passwords many times per day. I'd love to not have to do that, so any tips on how I can do that are appreciated.
- dandanua 6y agoIt's fairly easy to build passwordless scheme. 1. Service picks asymmetric scheme (RSA, ECDSA, etc.) 2. User generates public/private pair of keys locally 3. User registers its public key in the service 4. Now user can sign anything thus confirming its identity No third-party service required. Users have to keep their private keys locally, but BeyondIdentity also requires this. I don't feel their complicated scheme has much sense. Also they've mentioned the use of machine learning, this looks even more strange.
- ng12 6y agoBullshit marketing is what CTOs buy. Who cares if the core principles are simple or not, if they're selling a useful service (especially one that can help secure our data) good on them.