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This sounds dystopian and also really bad engineering. First, I don't want a single login for everywhere. For obvious privacy reasons, using multiple disjoint
by alaricus 4y ago
This sounds dystopian and also really bad engineering.
First, I don't want a single login for everywhere. For obvious privacy reasons, using multiple disjoint accounts is preferable.
Second, using a device to identify someone creates a single point of failure. That device will get stolen or will break at the most inconvenient time. The battery will run out. Or something else will happen.
This is far from theoretical. My phone died on a business trip. It turned into a nightmare because almost everything needs two factor authentication. It's really bad not being able to spend money you have. That is when I learned the value of cash.
The obsession with passwordless logins and 2FA is anti-consumer. It needs to stop.
- mrtksn 4y ago> For obvious privacy reasons, using multiple disjoint accounts is preferable. Actually, the reasons are not as obvious as one might think and not as preferable as assumed. Disjoint anonymous accounts are one of the core reason for all the problems we have on the internet(there are much more spammers and manipulators than there are whistleblowers). I'm sure you are exposing corruption all the time or you are doing gay stuff in Iran but the majority of the anonymous activity is spamming, trolling or political manipulation. If you say why you need anonymous account we might work out a solution for you.
- alaricus 4y agoIs this serious or a bad attempt at sarcasm?
- mrtksn 4y agoI don't know why you think I'm not serious because trolls spam and political manipulation is a thing on the internet these days, Google it! Care to answer and further explain your arguments?
- alaricus 4y agoIt's really serious? Wow! Not even Microsoft TPMs write such nonsense. Forcing people to have a single ID across the web is a terrible idea. Having multiple disjoint accounts makes it much more difficult to track your activity online. It's not worth killing privacy just to stop a couple of annoying spammers. Of course Google/Facebook/Microsoft love the idea because it makes tracking user behaviour much more easier.
- mrtksn 4y ago
- alaricus 4y ago
- mrtksn 4y agoSee, this behavior is absurd in real life and I should have been able to avoid speaking with you so I don't waste my time. The anonymity gives you a shield against it and I don't think this is something healthy. Why I'm being called a troll for pushing an argument? Because of people like you, we can't have healthy arguments anymore because calling someone names without repercussions has become the norm even beyond kindergarten.
- alaricus 4y agoif we had a single sign in system, you would have been banned from the internet already :)
- feanaro 4y ago> Maybe you should study these things and come back later when you know what are you talking about? You were extremely condescending and rude in your argument. That's why you were called a troll.
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