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Fear of passwords is some kind of cargo cult nowadays. Irrational and exploited by vested interests.

• ddxv 1y ago
  Hmm, I don't know if I agree, but I'm open to hearing more. The public/private keys (which means you can copy past them in chats/emails) is pretty useful. Also, what do you mean by 'exploited by vested interests'? You think keys are pushed by some organization exploiting them?
  • TheNewsIsHere 1y ago
    I wonder if they’re conflating the push for FIDO2 credentials as Passkeys with the general problems of using passwords. Passwords are perfectly fine in theory. It’s when you put humans in the loop that they become a headache.
  • ASalazarMX 1y ago
    > The public/private keys (which means you can copy past them in chats/emails) God please don't do that to private keys, you might as well just copy a password and save some work.
    • ddxv 1y ago
      No, of course not. The reference to pasting a public key into an email is in reference to Contabo asking that we copy paste our ip/username/password over email for them to 'troubleshoot'. If the server had been setup with public keys and they really needed our help to access at least they could have just sent their own public key safely over email.