We live in an era where digital data is becoming an increasingly valuable asset, and with that comes the need for privacy and security. Authorizati...
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We need authentication and authorization because human beings are lying, devious, thieving, dishonest c*nts. Infants, really, who can't be trusted. Ever.
And our refusal to embrace adulthood and maturity -- ever -- costs us trillions upon trillions of dollars every year and untold suffering, death, and destruction.
All because we just won't grow the f*ck up.
That's why we need authentication and authorization. Just think of how much easier and nicer everything would be if we just did the right thing. Ha, ha. But noooo.
Yes, unfortunately there are many dishonest people in the world. I'm not talking about real life yet, but on the Internet every second link is a scam.
I hope you never had any unpleasant situations related to this 🤗
I've never been scammed (I'm careful), but I started my career around the time things really started to take off: 1995. Spam was something you encountered on Usenet newsgroups. I thought it was dumb, but it didn't really bother me until my email inbox started filling up with hundreds or thousands of messages offering me penis-enlarging pills (or breast-enlarging), get-rich-quick schemes, herbal "remedies", etc.
Many of these early spam were incredibly vile and rude, and I was outraged that these sociopaths could so easily invade my inbox and ruin my email experience. Back then there was still some expectation that others would treat you with respect. You had to go looking for trouble. Now suddenly it came looking for you.
And then the Nigerian scams started and the phishing and all the rest. Until spam filters were invented, I often got so angry that I simply logged off and did something else until I cooled down. I spent at least a year really angry.
This was before GMail and even before Hotmail was popular. Hell, it was before Google. But it was a horrible experience and it really destroyed my opinion of humanity (which wasn't that high to begin with). The worst part is that all of this could have been solved easily by making spam illegal, and then tracking down and imprisoning repeat offenders. They always leave a trail.
But a lot of people were making money off of spam (and still do) -- not just the spammers but those who hired them -- and off the traffic, and off anti-spam products, etc., so there was little impetus to fix the problem. As always, the real problem is not the small number of evildoers, but the huge number of those who simply go along, look the other way, or try to profit off of it.
I still get regular spam that gets by the filters -- and how many potentially important emails have I missed because they went to the spam bin? Have I lost job opportunities? Romance opportunities? Things that might have changed my life for the better?
And we haven't even touched on viruses, Trojan horses, blackmail, extortion, porn and revenge porn, etc.
Oh, and, of course, the global surveillance state...
You wrote a whole post heh 😛
I think this is the same global problem along with bloated code that I reviewed on my blog earlier. It would be great if we raise such topics more often.
You bring up a really important field of practice for all IT professionals; security. Authorization and authentication are security tools that the Internet depends on. And it's our job, as Developers, to understand how to best utilize all of this. Thank you for your article, as well as the clean graphics.
Thank you Bret! 🥰 I hope someone will be more careful now 🛡
Cool article, thanks
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Very informative post!
Thanks 🥰
This is a very important topic, in the modern world we all need to think about digital security first.
Thank you ❤️
It's a really important thing 🤔
Really informative content, it helps me understand the core principles of authorization and authentication, thank you!
Thank you Kevin, my pleasure 🥰
This is quite an interesting article. Auth is an important step to prevent security issues, thanks for the reminder.
Glad you liked it, take care of yourself ⚔️
Thanks for sharing the article,
Even in web API testing using Postman, we indeed use the same concepts/types of Authorization and Authentication!
I'm glad to help, thank you for your interest!💖