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by hocuspocus 1329 days ago
60 is not old. And I don't think age is particularly relevant here.

Today millions of people are using PSD2 compliant SCA (that should not rely on SMS tokens only) in Europe. Usually implemented by a push notifications that you need to approve using biometrics on your smartphone.

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> I don't think age is particularly relevant here.

“What technology you grew up with” is definitely a factor (not the only factor, but a big one) in “what technology you feel comfortable using”.

I used to say that I'm determined to not let technology pass me by with age, but now I suspect that it will happen someday anyway, despite being a technologist. I'm recognizing my aversion to newer, trendy things more and more. I often wonder where the line will finally be drawn and when I'll cross it. Maybe if companies start pushing something like video and gesture-based authentication in virtual or augmented reality, I'll be the old guy saying "you can pry passwords and email from my cold, dead hands."