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I think the fact that cryptocurrency wallets with millions of dollars still exist and are protected by these wallets is evidence that security is manageable. Pr
by idiotsecant 4y ago
I think the fact that cryptocurrency wallets with millions of dollars still exist and are protected by these wallets is evidence that security is manageable. Proof is in the pudding.
- infotogivenm 4y agoYeah, file-based keys managing millions of dollars exist in the crypto space too. “Manageable” does not mean “good”. The real pudding is this: hardware wallet users fall prey to phishing scams all the time and lose their life savings. It’s a horrible design for an auth system. There are so many UX reasons why you would never want to conflate a login token with a key that can mathematically and instantaneously eviscerate your life savings. But to put it simply; there’s no way anyone’s grandma can use this system, wherein with something like browser Passkeys she has a chance.