Post #3243863

2025-10-15 14:43 UTC

@datenwolf@chaos.social @micr0@wetdry.world Still, if an adversary has access to the user's devices, they could potentially respond to the ping in exactly the same way as the user would have, thus failing to communicate that anything is in fact wrong. What would really be needed is some form of biometric authentication which cannot be replicated or bypassed, but of course not every user is going to have a fingerprint sensor, etc. on their devices. Even my idea of a passphrase is susceptible to coercion, unless there's also a panic passphrase designed to be sacrificed, which acts just like the real thing, but in fact sends a panic notice to emergency contacts. I've never actually been in such a situation, but I've always been fascinated by systems intended to deal with such situations.

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@micr0@wetdry.world 2025-10-15 16:10

@jaybird110127@dragonscave.space @datenwolf@chaos.social I was gonna add a pin in the next version (and a durress pin) so for those who need the greater security, they go to the link and enter their pin to do the check-in. and if someone forces you to check in you can enter your duress pin which will imedetly alert yoir contacts.

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@datenwolf@chaos.social 2025-10-16 07:48

@jaybird110127@dragonscave.space @micr0@wetdry.world Biometrics suck for this kind of purpose, since any cheap-enough-for-the-consumer-market technology lacks the sophistication to not be fooled by easily copied features. Passphrases can be stored in muscle memory. If you'd ask me to write down my passwords (with a pen on paper) I honestly couldn't do it. I have them stored in muscle memory (which also means that I have very hard time, i.e. impossible) to punchem them in on touchscreens.

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