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As one of the creators of bcrypt back in 1997, I find it somewhat surprising that, 25 years later, we still rely heavily on passwords. I’m curious to hear from
by gemstones 3y ago
As one of the creators of bcrypt back in 1997, I find it somewhat surprising that, 25 years later, we still rely heavily on passwords.
I’m curious to hear from someone who agrees - why would this be surprising? Knowing a password has been a security measure since before computers, and the newer security measures I’ve heard of have terrible support for account recovery.
- thefifthsetpin 3y agoHow do passwords support account recovery?
- tedunangst 3y agoIn 1997, everyone knew we'd be switching to client certs/keys for authentication real soon now.
- kjs3 3y agoUsing smartcards, for the cool kids.