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by loneboat 1035 days ago
Heh, author gave a perfectly reasonable example of where use might be shared, and immediately asked "Is this a thing?".

Like, yes. It is. You literally JUST gave me an example of it.

Also this, shortly after:

> Are shared computers without user separation a thing? If so, these shouldn’t be used to access web applications with sensitive information at all

That "should" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. You don't decide which security controls to implement based on your best-behaved users.

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It's not even about behaviour.

Some government services switching over to fully digital means there's a cohort of people being left behind. A decreasing number, sure, but a number nonetheless.

Effectively the author is saying poor people who need to use library PCs shouldn't get security.