Jonathan DeutschDec 16
Jeff Johnson

Any credential system that makes it impossible to write something down on a piece of paper, take it to a new computer, and login to a website is just a gateway to vendor lock-in.

And don’t tell me that we can “securely transfer” the credential from one vendor to another, because that’s just a lock-in syndicate.

The “something” doesn’t have to be a password! It could be a UUID. It could be Base64. But “you’ll get nothing and like it” is not an acceptable alternative.

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Show threadAlex LoweDec 17
@lapcatsoftware
What if that secure transfer standard is an open standard that's implemented in a way where the exporting secret store cannot know what the importing secret store is?
Show threadГригорий КлюшниковDec 17
Alex, obviously we can't have that because then someone would build a tool that just gives you a file that you can put into cloud storage or write to a floppy or whatever. Giving you this much freedom can't possibly be "secure" enough of course
Show threadAslak RaanesDec 17
@lapcatsoftware Something like https://github.com/matiaskorhonen/paper-age but even better interface.
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Show threadCJ MaloneDec 17
@aslakr @lapcatsoftware tempting me to buy a printer!
Show threaddxzdbDec 18
@lapcatsoftware Isn't this the promise of passkeys @1password , @apple and others will share them? Someday? Maybe #1password is working on that?
Show threadJaanus KaseDec 21

@lapcatsoftware I’ll just leave this here

Imagine your whole digital life, including passwords and passkeys, in the hands of these guys

And they just lock you out, poof, all gone https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

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