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Comment by guardiangod | Hacker News Reader

Sometimes I wonder if nerds find pleasure of finding loopholes in figure of speech and then feel all strangely superior about it.

"Haha I can't 'tell' you because the password can only be constructed from a specific series of hand gestures. Plot foiled!"

The attackers don't care if you can't verbally 'tell' them the password. With enough motivation, they will try anything to get it out of your head. A wench is just a tool to hasten that process, in certain scenarios. If you can't tell them, they will just hit you with a wrench until you tell them the exact way you use to reproduce what they need.

Edit: Thanks atatatat. Wrench, not wench.

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And ... If hitting you with a wrench can potentially make you unable to provide the password, there is also using the wrench on someone else that you don't want to be hit with a wrench. If they want it badly enough, they'll find the leverage to get it.

Many people have moral lines they won't cross, but the kind of people willing to use a wrench on you to get what they are looking for, are willing to cross many more lines than an ordinary citizens.

A wench is called a "honeypot" — totally different thing.

Nah - they could alternatively use a honeypot to try and trick you - aka the Rick and Morty episode M. Night Shaym-Aliens!... or they could just make your life pain until you're able to successfully unlock your thing - even if it's a password you can't communicate verbally it is something you can communicate since your computer can understand you.

Biometrics come with the same potential issue - great, now instead of beating me up until I tell them the password is rosebud they're going to cut off my thumb - this scenario is so much better.

That’s why you use your pinkie for that and not other fingers.

I'd rather get hit by a wench than a wrench, if I am gonna get hit by something. Death by Snu Snu is preferable to death by blunt trauma- at least I get something out of it.

Depends on the hiring process. A good innkeeper will hire wenches who can muster a good punch: it's a competitive world, you don't want downtime from bar brawls and stuff.

Oh yes I really was over here snickering uncontrollably thinking my security was foolproof! </s>

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