7 Jun
2012
7 Jun
'12
9:22 a.m.
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 11:14:58PM -0700, Aaron C. de Bruyn wrote:
Imaging signing up for a site by putting in your email and pasting your public key.
Yes! Yes! Yes! I've been making this exact argument for about a year. It even retains the same "email a link" reset mechanism when someone needs to reset their key. A common counter-argument is, "But ordinary Internet users won't understand SSH keys." They don't need to! The idea is easily explained via a lock-and-key metaphor that people already understand. The UI for walking users through key creation is easily imagined. -Snow