Do you believe in intentional ignorance, stupidity, and idiocy?
Let me put it another way:
Do you believe in the “death of passwords”?
The rationale behind the decades-long death of passwords movement is that passwords do not provide 99.99999% security, therefore NO ONE should EVER EVER EVER use a password, or ANY other form of knowledge (PIN, first pet, what a traffic light looks like, college GPA, favorite RGB value).
I have a different view.
Knowledge CAN be part of a robust multi-factor identity verification or authentication solution.
Just like biometrics CAN be part of a robust multi-factor identity verification or authentication solution. Oh, you think biometrics should be the SOLE (geddit?) factor? I hate to break this to you, but biometrics do not provide 99.99999% security either.
And for the simpler use cases (such as garage sale money boxes), knowledge-based authentication such as a combination lock is a viable security system.
Don’t rely on passwords alone…
…but don’t completely ban them either. Knowledge ain’t dead.
Because advocating for the death of the password is as stupid as advocating for the death of the bicycle.
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