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  • The way i understand it, passkeys test for a combination of what you have and what you are (for those that check user presence, which is all of them I suppose); whereas passwords test what you know.

    From my reading, passkeys give more control to the platform/service provider, whereas passwords do the reverse.

    The former clearly benefits corps in their unique ways - motivated by profit, security, data/spying and so on.

    The current iteration of passkeys is not the form that is being challenged by the earlier anti-passkey post. But rather a floodgates problem. Pretending that it will never happen is asking for trouble.

    The better option (be it passwords or passkeys) needs to demonstrate that it gives control to the user.

    I’m in the passwords camp, I do not see what convenience or added security passkeys might provide in any of my use cases that is worth sacrificing my level of control and choice.





  • Even bitcoin that you mine in its entirety yourself is traced to the cold wallet you mined it into. You then need to maintain a disconnect between your identity and your cold wallet. All coin going from your cold to hot wallet is on the ledger.

    The only way to keep the entire transaction cold is to just divide your coin yourself and give the hash on paper.

    Then the recipient can cash the hash, so to speak. Idk if it has to be verified on the network though. If so, the trace is re-established.

    Maybe someone else that knows how it works better will come in and call me ignorant and spit some facts.












  • I’m well aware of their growth and successes in economy, technology and growing presence in geopolitics. Earlier comment from me was about human rights abuses and international law. How do China’s successes in other areas suddenly absolve their disregard for law and rights?

    Same goes for the US - their military might is definitely recognized, along with their status as a superpower. This doesn’t give them the right to disregard law and rights. You seem to be biased towards China. But in terms of human rights and international law, how do they both fare?

    No where in the thread has the topic of economic success come into play. Why have you suddenly inserted it like it’s relevant?

    If you say that lifting people out of poverty gives them ‘points’ towards human rights, not only is this a terrible rationale, this doesn’t give them any points to then spend towards their abused in the likes of Tibet and the Uyghurs.