In an anonymous survey with the company that holds my pointless 401K, I finally got to go off on this crappy security crap that I can’t stand…but I must admit that some companies aren’t requiring a cellphone all the time and for the love of Buddha, let me copy and paste my password. And if you won’t let me see my password as I’m typing you might get a 1 sentence feedback email.
The last three sentences ate also about accessibility.
With that being said, the following survey response may be shocking because I rarely have an opinion on anything.
My security authentication rage:
I hate all the security authentication that businesses require. Everything is already out there. My social security number is on the dark web (haven’t seen it, but E#$% told me). I don’t care. Some articles explain that some of these security things are pointless, and since I know my stuff is out there, I agree.
I also have a business website and I know more than I care to know about security. So, I don’t understand why companies continue wasting my time and making me have my phone. I’m not glued to my phone. I don’t have it with me. But I can’t log in unless I have the phone, and we wonder why everyone has a cellphone addiction?
I hate to have my phone to pay some bills, log in to some websites etc. I wish people could accept that there’s no real safety online.
Call me crazy…or call me passionate and done with pointless crap. I hate when businesses waste my time. So, freaking careless with people’s time. I have another story related to this. But my dog is making me turn the light off and go to bed. I will edit this one day this week. If I remember.
One more thing: The last question was, what was the highest level of education you completed. LOL. I laughed so hard. HAHA.
I use my worthless bachelor’s degree to read articles about how businesses know that requiring people to change their password is pointless. But they still do it. Why? Because they want to appear secure. Changing a password is like doing nothing. A person can use a computer and guess a 15-digit password in 3 minutes. Changing it does nothing.
From the FTC in 2016:
It was only in the past few years that published research provided evidence that this practice (requiring password changes) may be less beneficial than previously thought, and sometimes even counterproductive.
And here is a decent study: Assessing the Effectiveness of Multi-Factor Authentication in Cloud-Based Big Data Environments
These people get it. They have PHDs. That doesn’t mean anything:
Why is he joking about a serious matter?
Both videos are 10 years old. That was when life was slightly livable.
I really have to go to bed. My dog isn’t happy. I have to pretend to sleep. Anything for him.