monko

Ok buddy.

Speaking from personal experience, prepaid cards rarely work for these types of transactions. If you think service providers don't know the difference, you're kidding yourself. There are good reasons to demand a real card.

No, unfortunately that is simply untrue.

The payment processor in the article, Stripe, does indeed work with crypto businesses and allows users to keep a crypto balance, but you would need to convert to regular tender to book a room at a Radisson (at least according to their website).

Sadly for the hodlers, while you might be able to buy your coke and hookers with Dogecoin, the hotel will want a credit card on file.

Earth 2.0's soft launch was met with modest success, but some far-right critics claim the day 1 patch, which removed racism, bigotry, and hate based on identity, makes the game "unplayable."

God he is so good at losing money rn

The article is about service providers, like payment processors, offering alternatives to far-right interests when incumbent providers refuse their business.

For a cryptocurrency to be useful, it would need to be accepted by the service provider. And I doubt you could pay for your anti-vax rally at the airport Radisson with crypto.

Saying there's no real-world use for thought experiments or theory is like saying tricycles are useless because they're slower than jogging.

Better the devil you know than the Jesus you don't

Perspective: shoebox.

Values: likely shoebox-based, or perhaps worshipping the ever-present AC

Science: science as a set of principles and methods for understanding the physical world wouldn't be affected by a man or men in a shoebox.

I wasn't really sure what you were talking about, so I looked them both up, and I think there's a really good chance your optician gave you Nazi-tinted lenses by mistake.

Gotcha, point taken. Ultimately, I think there needs to be a better identity proofing process overall. But that may rely on a total infrastructure overhaul, which seems unlikely.

I get what you're saying, but it's not about getting locked out. It's about other people using recovery methods to take over your account. Why would anyone try to break through durable public-key encryption when you can just phish a victim's email account password?

And it's not like real-time phishing for 2FA/MFA isn't widespread—it's just not automated to the same level as other methods. That said, two- or multi-factor is going to stop 99% of automated hacks. It's the determined ones that I'm concerned about.

In regards to the Apple thing... Apple passwords can be reset using a recovery email. That means the security of the account leaves Apple's ecosystem and relies on the email provider. So, if I'm a cybercriminal determined to hack your account, I start there.

Then, if you've got your keychain all set up, it's time for a SIM swap. I clone your SIM or convince your mobile carrier to give me a SIM with your number. And even if recovery contacts and keys are alternatives, the use of SMS is problematic. If you really can turn it off, then I'm all for it. But if you can't be sure, neither can I.

SMS is a very low-security option that is showing its age. It was never intended to be a secure verification method, yet it's become incredibly popular due to its availability. Unfortuantely, telecom companies are simply not interested in upping their security.

All SIM swap protection is opt-in at this point. Verizon and the gang might wise up considering the lawsuits leveled at them by victims—many of whom lost millions in cryptocurrency due to the carriers' negligence—but it's not likely.

The point here isn't that passkeys are bad for consumers. They're convenient and about as secure as existing methods. The problem is that they're being sold on average folks as a security upgrade even though they're more of a sidegrade. PKI/FIDO already existed before the whole passkeys buzz did, and it had the same limitations. This is mostly just branding and implementation.