Comment I dunno... (Score 1) 305
I'm of two minds here. 1. If people are paranoid, then chances are that they'll make a decision not to use it. This relies heavily on the assumption that people are generally capable of making their own decisions (?). Provided that the companies involved take the time to explain the system to those customers who are interested. In other words, if the world was a perfect Utopia, then it would be the perogative of the individuals involved to find out and make their own decision on the safety of their data.
2. As many of us know, 99.9% of the population can't make their own decisions, especially when it comes to anything-computer-related. Therefore, from that point of view, the current system is possibly not secure enough. There are plenty of ways of making a system secure which don't rely ONLY on username/passwd authentication. My own leaning on this is that because people are generally ill-informed (ie: generally don't take the time to learn) about computers and the related stuff, perhaps a deeper level of authentication would be A Good Thing (tm).
2. As many of us know, 99.9% of the population can't make their own decisions, especially when it comes to anything-computer-related. Therefore, from that point of view, the current system is possibly not secure enough. There are plenty of ways of making a system secure which don't rely ONLY on username/passwd authentication. My own leaning on this is that because people are generally ill-informed (ie: generally don't take the time to learn) about computers and the related stuff, perhaps a deeper level of authentication would be A Good Thing (tm).
