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Security
Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 10 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Security, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 10 complaints
- Constant 2FA and frequent logouts on trivial sites make everyday use tedious2026-07-25
- Findings are behind a link devs cannot access, so they can't see the problem2026-05-14
- Flat keypad gives no feedback, so each digit needs a press-and-hold and registers slowly2024-11-03
- Security features are so cryptic and painful to set up that people turn them off2021-06-29
- Scanners submit one-time forms on users' behalf, causing confusing accept/decline responses and support tickets2021-03-24
- Security changes make workflows much slower, with no replacement workflow provided2019-04-18
- Security designs fail ordinary users because they are built for expert users with deep systems knowledge2017-07-28
- Security measures make ordinary work so hard that people disable or work around them2014-12-17
- Long limbo with no visibility into the process or reason for denial2013-11-01
- Verification error shown off-screen, broken link, and results hidden behind account signup2013-06-11