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Define soon. Passwords, for all their annoyances, will probably be around for a long time. While they are not brilliant at anything, they are good enough on m
by MattPalmer1086 3y ago
Define soon. Passwords, for all their annoyances, will probably be around for a long time.
While they are not brilliant at anything, they are good enough on many dimensions. Some disadvantages of the things you mention are:
* They don't require specialised hardware
* They don't require complicated recovery mechanisms if that hardware is lost, stolen or broken.
* Arguably, biometrics should not be used for authentication. Once a biometric system is compromised, you have no way to recover. You can't change your biometrics.
- NikkiA 3y agoMy bank dropped using passwords back in july. Now all that protects my account is a 5 digit PIN and SMS, and you can reset the pin via SMS. I'm glad financial companies hire security minded folks.
- MattPalmer1086 3y agoWell, technically a PIN is a kind of low security password...
- jowea 3y agoI suspect that what's supposed to be going on there is that what protects your account is law enforcement and the fact that financial transactions are traceable.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoYeah, her bank has stationed a cop to stand at every website login and proactively arrest hackers before they can get at her money.
- jowea 3y agoI meant get the money back after the fact. Which yeah it will probably suck for the client even if the bank considers it a cost of doing business.
- jwilk 3y agoThis is satire, right?
- NikkiA 3y agoNope - although the last line is sarcasm, if that's what you mean.