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A comment on Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'glitch'. Parent comment

Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by dec0dedab0de on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:36PM (#16990661)
You could do client ssl certs and just skip the password. It would be more work for the user though.
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Re:Twitter urges users to change passwords after computer 'g... by cabaalis on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:42PM (#16990690)
That would transfer it from something you know (a password) to something you have (a device with SSL cert installed) which are meant to protect against different problems.
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