Ian Grigg wrote:
Duane, this is simply not the case. People use security, but only when it doesn't interfere. Marketing studies and our own experience have consistently shown that people will choose convenience over security every time. So much so that almost all pure security companies go broke eventually. (If you look at the examples that succeeded in pure crypto, they are not security companies, but sellers of franchises.)
But it is the case, lowering the barrier to entry will do one thing, make it easier for people with scams to get private keys and then the whole digital identity thing is a waste of time because they won't care enough to revoke, or even worst trojans get in and they're none the wiser... This is the sort of thing that should be taught at school in computing classes and I believe some of it is, good common sense when dealing with the internet and people trying to do anything they can to make a buck no matter what it does to others... Making it easier for users makes it easier for those trying to exploit others as well...
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