cross-posted from: https://dubvee.org/post/7748
Alt text: Admiral Picard initiating the self-destruct sequence of the Stargazer by the vocal command, “Authorization: Picard, zero-zero-zero-destruct-zero”
Even worse, he was just re-using Kirk’s old password!
Data, on the other hand, knows the importance of a secure passcode: https://youtu.be/S0kEeU83Dao?t=102
This is why they’re always getting hacked.
Security in the trek universe was always trash.
Just random entities floating in and a abducting folks for decades.
“This is the LockPickingLawyer, and what I have for you today is a standard-issue Starfleet self-destruct mechanism from Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems…”
I always figured the real authentication was tied into the comm badges, and the authorization codes were just a fancy “are you sure”
