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Except on this analogy, Klode was the person claiming the rational "hey look I'm alive" approach, whereas his detractors were the ones using loud campaigns because they relied on edge-case "advantages" conferred by the "computer says no" system, and demanding people showing up alive with IDs at hand be turned away on the spot as the default option.

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I'm not sure that using a browser integration rather than having credentials pass through the clipboard really counts as an edge-case.

In fact, I'd go further and say it's exactly the use-case that should be being encouraged. As well as avoiding the issue of clip-board watchers, it also reduces friction and increases the likelihood of ordinary users being willing and able to use it.

Using a hardware key to unlock the database arguably is more of an edge-case, but conversely I'd argue that it's not acceptable to simply break that workflow.

So, IMO, Klode was very much the "computer says no" part of the analogy. He changed the process so the default was to turn away live use-cases.

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