Re:Stop forcing arbitrary password rules
by aianus on Saturday October 24, 2015 @08:04AM
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> You can say the same about credit cards: they can easily be lost, stolen etc. But generally they are better protected than internet bank account with just a password.
I've physically lost one credit card and had multiple ones canceled unilaterally by the bank because some idiot merchant got hacked. On the other hand (afaik) I've never lost any bitcoin or any bank logins/passwords that were fully under my control.
You can say the same about credit cards: they can easily be lost, stolen etc. But generally they are better protected than internet bank account with just a password.
And the most appealing point is ease of use. Inserting a key and pressing a button is much easier for a common person than dealing with complicated matters like login, email or password.