On 12.03.15 19:21, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > If you think I'm portraying them as "completely unusable," then I think > you didn't bother to read my message very closely.
I read both of your messages quite closely. Had you merely pointed out the downsides of having to carry a card, a reader etc. I would probably have just agreed with you and likely just read and said nothing. My point was that you wrote multiple paragraphs worth of stories on two emails from which I really got the impression that people should just not bother. On 12.03.15 19:55, Stephan Beck wrote: >> Yes, thanks a lot. From your answer I deduce that a single-user, >> non-professional environment may not require use of a smart card, >> or may not require it with the necessity it may have in high-security >> environments. It would appear so did Stephan. >> I think they add security and depending on the user and use case >> they either add inconvenience minutely or the complete opposite, they >> add usability. > > The number of environments, number of users, and number of use cases, is > way too vast to be able to make a glib statement like this. You're just > wrong. > > The answer is, "it depends." > Isn't "it depends" exactly what I said :)? I think you went a bit overboard with the stories and wanted to point that out, that's all. Smart cards are not some scary thing only "necessary" in "high-security environments". Whatever that might mean. -- Ville
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