Aaron Parecki

The mindset of using modern technology is only trusting it here and now but always having backups and alternatives

With that link, I’m assuming you mean “don’t trust them”—which is my point. Yet their business model(s) claim we can, and worse…should.

This gets nastier when you introduce IoT and right-to-repair to the conversation.

With that link, I’m assuming you mean “don’t trust them”—which is my point. Yet their business model(s) claim we can, and worse…should.

This gets nastier when you introduce IoT and right-to-repair to the conversation.

How do we continue to push online services, subscription models, and near constant online connections to normal users without showing them they can trust anything to last 10 years?

Yes, it was a random thought and I’m sure there are consequences. What if the browser itself required FaceID to unlock the cookie jar. That would mitigate many issues, and if you squint at it is not all that different than a credential store.

sorry about this! as we don’t tolerate creators who violate our policies on impersonation: https://goo.gle/3clE816, it’s best to flag the acct for review ➡️ https://goo.gle/3JhoUqj

I'm pretty convinced there is something to be done here. Not cookies per se, has to be opt in (breaks backwards compatibility otherwise), but i agree there is something here.

Interested in exploring this further with browser engineers?