Re:1Password for Linux
by itisit on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:16PM
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What is the alternative you propose?
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I think the universe is slowly standardizing on WebAuthn/U2F for this.
The US Government got rid of passwords in 2004 by switching to smartcards, and Google also did so in 2017 by switching to hardware security tokens.
That’s fine for tech businesses with dedicated IT support, but what about consumers?
Use what Google builds, which will likely (as I mentioned) be WebAuthn based
Hard drives are large enough nowadays to contain a whole copy of the internet. Instead of connecting to the internet to access the web, computers should serve up local copies of the sites instead. Then it is 100% secure and there is no more need for passwords or insecure WiFi connections.
1. No they are not
2. The core problem is still that you need to be able to communicate with others, for which you need to identify yourself. Where a site is served from doesn't change that.
Bless your heart, you probably think Google is one website, huh? How big could all that text be, a terabyte?
How come the quite thoughtful comment you’re replying to is downvoted while your snotty little reply isn’t?