[Cryptography] Passwords: Perfect, except for being Flawed

[Kent Borg]

On 02/18/2015 01:58 PM, Tony Arcieri wrote:
> U2F is a protocol. It isn't tied to USB any more than passwords are 
> tied to keyboards.

USB is also a protocol, and it, too, uses the word "universal".

Whenever anything makes really big claims, best be skeptical. 
"Universal" seems a big claim. I was using USB as a familiar example 
that is not universal, and tarring them both with the same hubris of 
claiming too much.

-kb, the Kent who was using an RS-232 port today.