> Dont you hate that every service requires you to give them your identity?

I have Security Keys, which are entirely anonymous†, so actually I have much better security and do not "give them my identity" since I am, as I said, entirely anonymous.

In 1925 the understanding needed to do this did not exist. In 1975 the technology to implement it would have been prohibitive. In 2025 it's easily possible and indeed I use one every day - and yet here you are.

> Do you think HN for example would be better off if they decided everyone now has to do 2FA?

As so often it would depend on the implementation. I have absolutely no doubt that HN regulars would have strong opinions about what they should or should not use to achieve this.

† Obviously the choice to be named tialaramex everywhere is not "anonymous" - with a little effort you can even connect that to the name on legal paperwork, but on the other hand I also have accounts which aren't named tialaramex because they're intentionally not connected to this identity, and those use Security Keys too, by design it's not possible to connect the two.