> Anytime you have a human in the loop you have the risk of human failings. I.e., that human forgets to follow critical step X in the protocol
This is exactly my point. If the risk of an attack is X, the risk of me being that person who fails or forgets a critical step of the protocol (backup yubikey, whatever) is a hundred times higher. So this system of “flawed humans interacting” to me looks like the lesser evil.
I don’t want my things protected by foolproof protocols. I‘m the fool you see.
Bingo. This is why crypto currency won't take off without more humane tech being inserted into the process. People aren't robots. We want many many ways to un-screw ourselves when we inevitably screw ourselves.
That's why I'm bullish on things like Shamir's Secret Sharing and other social recovery tools.
This is exactly my point. If the risk of an attack is X, the risk of me being that person who fails or forgets a critical step of the protocol (backup yubikey, whatever) is a hundred times higher. So this system of “flawed humans interacting” to me looks like the lesser evil.
I don’t want my things protected by foolproof protocols. I‘m the fool you see.