passwords
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Max Krohn · across every show →
Everything said about passwords, oldest first
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Krohn: Cryptographic public key signing is far superior to password authentication
“What you ought to be doing is signing a statement saying, I'm Max, and I want to log into this service, and the service would just have your public key. You know, Max is identified with this public credential, and as long as he's able to sign a statement with …”
Jan 30, 2020
Mónica: Sending passwords to remote servers is fundamentally ridiculous
“So every time you log in, you're actually sending the password that only you are supposed to know to the remote party. That is absolutely ridiculous. And in fact, what happens is, if somebody compromises the server, if somebody compromises the remote website, …”