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by sirn 669 days ago
I'm curious – if open standards such as 2FA (TOTP) and Passkeys are considered locked-in, what would be a solution in your mind for an authentication scheme that doesn't subject to the inherent problems of passwords (phishing, weak passwords, password reuse, database exposure, etc.) that fits your requirement?
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Reducing our dependence on the internet. If we do that, then internet accounts themselves will be less valuable and less prone to hacking.
So you’d solve the problem of passkeys being, at this very moment difficult albeit not impossible to move, by dismantling the modern financial system?

I do remind you that all money transactions are done electronically. You’d have us go back to checks?

> You’d have us go back to checks?

I would dismantle big tech first. The banking systems would still exist. But I don't think cheques were too bad.