We’ve all lived through the messy evolution of digital security. A few years ago, the landscape was simple: a username, a password, and maybe basic HTTPS or SFTP protocols. Then came the era of brute-force attacks and weak passwords, forcing the industry to enforce strict policies—requiring uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
But humans aren’t built to memorize 50 unique, complex alphanumeric strings. The predictable result? People started using one or two passwords for everything, or worse, writing them down on Post-it notes stuck to their monitors.