• Nakoichi [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Yes but they wouldn't have the same resources at their disposal to conduct brute force password cracking nor would they have much incentive to do so. The point is not that passwords would become unnecessary but that we would not have an arms race over information security.

      • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        People have put ridiculous amounts of effort into stalking with no profit incentive in the past, and still do.