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So now people have to keep a piece of paper around or somehow put it into some software and not lose access. You're right, it would work. In reality, people can
by gleenn 4y ago
So now people have to keep a piece of paper around or somehow put it into some software and not lose access. You're right, it would work. In reality, people can't even be bothered to use a password manager or understand even the most simple of new security software, let alone even remember their password. That makes it completely intractable as a solution.
- gambiting 4y agoI mean, the scenario being discussed here is some kind of "world ending" situation where all known encryption is broken. So you either do it the way I described it, or you don't have any encryption whatsoever. I think under those conditions people would adjust. It isn't an alternative to our current arrangements. Also: my bank access is done entirely through an app that obscures its internal implementation. It could already be using OTP and it wouldn't make any difference to me, nor would I be able to tell(my point is that the user wouldn't need to keep a piece of paper that they would need to type in anywhere - the internal implementation of tools we use every day would change, but most users wouldn't even notice)
- bee_rider 4y agoI’m not clear on how we’d use a one-time-pad on a physical piece of paper (unless we want to do it like an old-timey spy novel character, using pencil and paper to combine the bits!)