Authors:
Albrecht Schmidt
The use of usernames and passwords for authentication is not secure! And we have known this for a very long time. Nevertheless, usernames and passwords are widely used, as they are easy to implement for developers. The way we deal with this problem is to blame the user for not using this method correctly and to make halfhearted attempts at either educating users or forcing them into a certain behavior. It is time to acknowledge the responsibility of developers and interaction designers for failing to care about user security. Insights Roots of the Problem The "real" security…
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