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Web services should be relying on passwords because that is a simple means of authentication that users already know and it keeps the services independent from
by mwww 13y ago
Web services should be relying on passwords because that is a simple means of authentication that users already know and it keeps the services independent from a central identity provider. As we all know passwords alone can't protect us anymore though, so web services need to give their users an option to secure their accounts with a second factor. Thus in a few years I think that two-factor authentication is going to be a standard way of protecting our online accounts.
- kiiski 13y agoWhat would that second factor be?
- ams6110 13y agoTypically something like a yubi key, a smartphone app, or even a code sent via SMS to a phone, or verbally to a voice phone.
- kiiski 13y agoI really hope no one is going to try to force me to carry a phone around all the time (I only have one with me when I'm expecting a call or planning to call someone myself). Those yubi keys look interesting, but it's still an extra piece of hardware that has to be bought and carried around (and not lost).
- rmc 13y agoUbuntu forums has subforums for all over the world. Your phone/SMS thing needs to work for every country.
- mwww 13y agoThe device that you use to sign in could be a second factor. That's how Rublon works: the mobile app allows you to manage your Trusted Devices. Check out a demo at http://www.pagechimp.com/ http://www.pagechimp.com/.