Re:Ask HN: What happens when I click "Request for quote" on ...
by TeMPOraL on Friday June 21, 2024 @07:58PM
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Computer systems security isn't binary. It's also not a human right. Or something anyone but small minority cares about beyond the surface level.
Extra security is a feature of enterprise plans precisely because enterprises are forced to buy them by compliance requirements (a good chunk of which is just security theater and blame shifting); no one else cares, people buy stuff, things mostly do not go wrong - a market balance is achieved.
I can see why this isn't ideal or desirable, but security maximalism also has a nasty habit of killing all utility of products and disempowering end-users, so I'm very much in the camp of trading security over other concerns.
SSO is the only way to get 2FA working without the friction becoming prohibitive.
If SSO is a paid feature, only in some plans, you're selling an insecure product. You wouldn't make security patches exclusive to the enterprise plan, you shouldn't make 2FA/SSO exclusive either.