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by throwaway798214
1053 days ago
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What does being ~50 years old have to do with anything? I'm 50 and I'm the one who designs and implements those login screens, password managers, authentication databases etc etc... The actual question is why haven't we solved authention in a way that would work for most people? Passwords suck. Webauth sucks. Two-factor sucks more than you can ever imagine. There isn't a way to authenticate that wouldn't suck for normal people (apart from password-less one-time sessions but those don't solve most auth problems). That said, what's wrong with the time-tested way of Post-IT notes? No, it's not secure but it's one of the only ways that actually works with normal non-autistic people. Or like @ggm said above, a paper with login codes attached to their fridge with magnets. It just f*cking works. |
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Thanks for pointing that out - I don’t mean all 50 year olds struggle with this problem. I guess it is more accurately described as a solution for parents that are depending on their kids/others to give advice/guidance on digital stuff.
The issue with the paper system comes in when they sign up for new things on mobile and they don’t have the paper at hand. It also becomes messy for password changes. And now that we are trying to force them to use unique passwords per service, the list becomes really long! Especially if it is for both parents. Across banking, utilities, social media, paid television, ecommerce, ebooks, etc they have at least 35+ accounts to manage each. They also struggle with their vision which means it needs to be written out in quite large font.
But the main issue I have actually is beyond password management. It is perhaps better classified as general digital security and online identity management. For example, if they use the paper password system I know for a fact they will snap a picture as a backup if I don’t tell and remind them not to do so…
The other issue with the paper system is that there is no good backup. And backups they certainly need!
I totally agree that authentication is general is not solved.