Dystopia Comes with Comfort and Convenience

I take up this report today - “Facebook's metaverse plans labelled as 'dystopian' and 'a bad idea'”  https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59154520

I am not knowledgeable enough to be able to judge whether ‘Metaverse’ itself is a good or bad idea, but it is not hard for me to judge that a metaverse where money-mongers dominate could well be very dystopian.

Generally, we should be very cautious about what is noisily touted as ‘comfortable and convenient’.  Is it genuinely so?  Isn’t it a smokescreen for a dystopian future?

A cyberspace, from which the head-aching password is removed, would look very comfortable and convenient in appearance. Is it really as such? 

What we actually find in it and how to avoid its disastrous consequences are discussed here – “Why the password isn’t an enemy of people”  ttps://www.thinkdigitalpartners.com/news/2021/08/25/why-the-password-isnt-an-enemy-of-people/

Key References 

Biometrics is to Password what Back door is to Front door

Removal of Passwords and Its Security Effect 

Negative Security Effect of Biometrics Deployed in Cyberspace

External Body Features Viewed as ‘What We Are’

Additional References
 

For Achieving Solid Digital Identity on Information Security Buzz (Mar/2021)

What We Know for Certain about Authentication Factors

Digital Identity for Global Citizens
 Image-to-Code Conversion by Expanded Password System

Summary and Brief History - Expanded Password System

Proposition on How to Build Sustainable Digital Identity Platform

Account Recovery with Expanded Password System 

 History, Current Status and Future Scenarios of Expanded Password System 

Availability-First Approach 

Update: Questions and Answers - Expanded Password System and Related Issues 

 < Videos on YouTube>
 

Slide: Outline of Expanded Password System (3minutes 2seconds)

Digital Identity for Global Citizens (10minutes - narrated)

Demo: Simplified Operation on Smartphone for consumers (1m41s)

Demo: High-Security Operation on PC for managers (4m28s)

Demo: Simple capture and registration of pictures by users (1m26s)

Slide: Biometrics in Cyber Space - "below-one" factor authentication