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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by miguelrochefort on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:01AM (#15200697)
I advocate something similar regarding all secrets (passwords, private keys, credit card numbers, etc).

Secrecy (and privacy) aren't sustainable, and relying on them will just end up hurting people.

Identity must be solved, not through secrecy, but through transparency.

If AI overcomes us, it will be (in part) because we failed to adapt to this reality.

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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by CaptSpify on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:38AM (#15201038)
I'm sorry that you are getting downvoted for simply expressing an unpopular opinion, but you may be interested in this: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/this-ma...
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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by i_cant_speel on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:04AM (#15200718)
How could we go about not having private passwords or credit card numbers?
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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by pishpash on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:17AM (#15200838)
You authenticate with physical states with enough entropy generation rate, e.g. physical tokens. All security is physical security.
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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by ceejayoz on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:04AM (#15200723)
You first.
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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by artursapek on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:02AM (#15200706)
Are you being sarcastic?
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Re:The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info... by miguelrochefort on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:37AM (#15201031)
No. I'm completely serious.
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