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It’s not different from just a password. That’s why no service uses an unrecoverable password as the only authentication mechanism because it would be a terribl
by pavlov 4y ago
It’s not different from just a password. That’s why no service uses an unrecoverable password as the only authentication mechanism because it would be a terrible usability and security problem.
Ordinary people expect to be able to reset forgotten passwords. And because people are bad at managing passwords, reasonable services try to get them to use 2FA so their accounts wouldn’t get stolen. A service that uses plain private keys has both problems.
- Turing_Machine 4y ago> it would be a terrible usability and security problem. Compared to, say, someone being able to compromise every account you have because you walked away from your desktop or phone while logged into email?
- JetSpiegel 3y agoJust email the private key to yourself, or store in your password manager for hacker types.