Everyone gangsta until they realize security for the sake of security isn't a thing, but that it should strike a good balance between purpose and convenience

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[–] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

May I introduce you to the german "Elster" tax portal?

Most fucking insane security mechanisms ever. They support fido2 but with their app, not via a browser. Their linux program is a 10MB shell script that crashed my text editor.

They have a probably encrypted keyfile but that expires in 3 years and you need to

  • login
  • switch to desktop mode as otherwise they hide it
  • send a code per email
  • the site generated another code you also need
  • you get another email with another link, which also doesnt include any code in the URL
  • you need to log out to login again?
  • you need to enter the 2 different codes for whatever reason. One is generated on the site before you need to log out, the other from the email
  • then wait forever to create the keyfile
  • you also need to setup a new password for the keyfile

So afaik you need a username, email, password, keyfile and password for the keyfile.

  • why a keyfile again?
  • why a username if it is never used?
  • why so many emails with all the secret credentials instead of secure e2ee login on the website?

This should be illegal

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