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Wouldn't that be worse since private keys are king and there is no way to intervene?

• wpietri 5y ago
  Exactly. If private keys were that much better for the average, shouldn't some common services use them now?
  • DarylZero 5y ago
    Private keys are used to upload code to github. It's not about what's "better" but about what users are willing to tolerate. The average user has a very high tolerance for login bullshit, repeated captchas, etc. -- if the site has a monopoly on the social network you need to access.
    • wpietri 5y ago
      And yet, even Github has passwords. Even Github uses passwords as primary. Along with millions of other sites. This isn't about what a few large companies do. It's about what works for most people. Private keys, as appealing as they are in theory, don't really work from a user perspective. The closest thing that seems to be popular is 2FA keys like YubiKeys.