Re: entering geli passphrase only once at FreeBSD boot

On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 11:28:36 -0500, Valeri Galtsev wrote:
>I for one stay away from any "biometric" ways of authentication.

Hi,

way before the pandemic I decided to stay away from my iPad Pro's Face
ID (off-topic: and I disabled all Siri features that can be disabled).
Playschool features are for users who don't really have a reasonable
usage for a computer, who more or less own a computer as a lifestyle
thingy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_ID#Use_with_face_masks

>These days with 2 factor authentication enforced widely we became 
>hostages of our cell phones ;-( Imagine you forgot it at home and need 
>to authenticate. Or the device just died.

From conviction I don't own a smartphone and my iPad's aren't equipped
with the "Cellular" thingy. However, Apple 2 factor authentication
works by WiFi, too and some companies call me by landline to sent a
speech SMS. To make an appointment to get an influenza virus
vaccination I needed the help of a friend with a smartphone, since the
doctor required a confirmation code send to me (the friend) by text
SMS. Sometimes I'm screwed without a smartphone, but smartphone
addicted people (and almost all owners are addicted) are probably
screwed all the times, because the human brain needs time focus and
time pause without smartphone disturbances.

Regards,
Ralf