We built the internet on email & passwords, coupled with an analog payment system based on typing 16-digit numbers into forms. If someone pitched this today, we’d laugh them out of the room. The answer might be in places most of our brightest minds aren't willing to look at - yet.
  • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    One thing you own. It proves who you are and lets you pay for things all in one place. Something only you control. No middlemen. No passwords. No credit cards.

    When a website wants to know it’s really you, you don’t type anything. You just tap “Yes”, like unlocking your phone with your face. That tap is a silent, secure confirmation that you’re you

    Glaring security hole in this.