Just because you don't have to type it doesn't mean it's not a password. (Apologies for the triple negative...)

This is cool and novel from a technology standpoint, but would be difficult to get people to actually use from a social standpoint. Can you imagine the abuse that a tough, blue collar factory or warehouse guy would get from his peers if he were to strap this on? I would guess enough that he would choose to go without.

You make a lot of great points that I mostly agree with - but my question above remains valid. I'm still hearing 'blame the user'. You are basically saying that we have done everything possible, and this is as good as it gets, and anything that happens from here on out is on you, user. I don't accept that.

Uh oh, another car analogy coming... It's more like driving a car. You do need basic training and practice, and have to learn rules of the road. But over time the interface has been simplified and standardized so that a reasonable person can insert key in ignition, put the car in Drive, and make progress with the gas pedal, brake, and steering wheel. We are long past the time when drivers also had to be experts on compression, hydraulics, pneumatics, gear ratios, air-to-fuel mixtures, or even how to shift from first to second gear.

We are 25 years into widespread use of the Internet, and most people in society have at least a minimal functional knowledge of how to navigate their daily tasks and infotainment. I'm not arguing about trying to fix stupid. But we can and must do a better job.

True enough, but remember that when you point the finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at yourself.

Why should a non-techie who just wants to read their e-mail have to become a security ninja to avoid getting hacked? Why do we - the tech creators - force so much complexity onto the users? Why do we always blame our unsophisticated users instead of stepping up to the plate and making things simple and secure?

How about a car analogy? In the last 20 years the number of cars on the road and miles driven have increased dramatically, but the number of deaths has remained roughly constant. Is this because the drivers (i.e. users) have suddenly become better? No! It's because the infrastructure surrounding these highly unreliable people has been standardized and improved. That's the direction we need to head.

So Microsoft is finally creating a usable command-line terminal?

1995 called... Wants to know why the hell it took so long?

Dude, you are waaaaaay overthinking it. Let's simplify: You are free to tell your boss that his wife looks like a cow - because free speech - but... if you happen to still work there at the end of the day, don't be expecting a raise. Free speech, consequences.

Nope. Next!

<Nods> It's a simple concept that people always seem to get confused. Yes, you are free to say whatever you want, but nobody (i.e. no private entity) owes you a platform, nor do your free speech rights provide you magical immunity from consequences of your speech.

I might believe it if you could point to one example where this has worked in real life.

Sadly, the common case is the mindset that "we" have to develop it first before "they" do.

And so what? These are private platforms. They don't owe you, or me, or Alex Jones a platform. While the providers hide behind terms of service, realistically any of us could be shown the door at any time, for any reason - real or imagined. Don't make the classic fallacy of equating your freedom of speech as a mandate for a private third party to provide you with a soap box.

Government throwing undesirables off a platform, a-la China? That would be a big problem. But that's not the issue here.

For my two cents, removing low lives like Jones et al makes a platform more valuable.

This same technique is common for eye surgeries. Last year I accompanied a close friend who had cross-linking treatment for keratoconus, a condition that causes of the cornea to progressively become more cone shaped.

This procedure is apparently common in Europe, and recently was approved for use in the U.S.

Guess that makes you a guppy. Or perhaps a plankton?

Well said, AC. Would mod you up, but today I find my mod point balance... lacking.

...but I stay for the victim blaming.

Oh great, something else to add to my toiletry kit...