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sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al )  to TechnologyEnglish · 1 month ago

UK.gov begins killing off passwords for 23 million users

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UK.gov begins killing off passwords for 23 million users

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sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al )  to TechnologyEnglish · 1 month ago
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Passkeys promise fewer phishing headaches – and £600 a day off Whitehall's SMS bill
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    I haven’t been following what these are or why they’re flawed. It looks to me like they’re taking Two Factor Auth, and removing one of the factors (the password). Now all you need is a device? If the device is lost or itself compromised, isn’t that still a single point of failure?

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      You can backup a 2fa code on so many multiple managers at the same time, how the hell can one backup a pass key?

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        I’ve lost so many of those over the years lol

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        Use a password manager that supports passkeys. Then you can back them up and sync them between all of your devices the same way you do with your passwords and 2fa keys.

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