Re:Police can’t demand you reveal your phone passcode then t...
by KronisLV on Saturday October 23, 2021 @04:10AM
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And yet it happens, because it's easy.
Is it not the wisest decision ever? Sure.
However, since it's already being done, we might as well create laws around protecting this use case.
For example, from what i know, people in the USA use their SSNs both as identifiers and sometimes as something like a pseudo-password, which seems like a really bad approach, but at the same time should be regarded as the objective and sub-optimal reality, with which we need to cope until a better solution is implemented (if ever).
Saying that the method is bad and shouldn't be considered when it's already in widespread usage is something that we just can't do.
Is it not the wisest decision ever? Sure.
However, since it's already being done, we might as well create laws around protecting this use case.
For example, from what i know, people in the USA use their SSNs both as identifiers and sometimes as something like a pseudo-password, which seems like a really bad approach, but at the same time should be regarded as the objective and sub-optimal reality, with which we need to cope until a better solution is implemented (if ever).
Saying that the method is bad and shouldn't be considered when it's already in widespread usage is something that we just can't do.