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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Something you know, something you have, something you are.

3FA:

  • Pin
  • Security Key/TPM/Secure element
  • fingerprint / iris scan

You could also start with just one of these

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    fingerprint / iris scan

    Nope, I'm out. I'm not giving my unchangeable biological data to the Computer Gods because A) Fuck that and B) the police in my country can compel the use of biometrics to unlock things but cannot compel you to give up your pass as it is protected by the first amendment. Yes I think the bios should be protected too but that isn't the reality in which I live.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Yeah that factor may not be wanted. But it is a security factor, because only you have it.

    You could hash it securely so the computer gods dont know your fingerprint. And you could only use it in addition to another factor.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    Isn't the idea that not everyone has access to your biometrics?

    There's honestly no need to make computers ask people for piss scans:

    something you know

    A password

    something you have

    Access to the password

    something you are

    The person who knows the password

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    A password can be cracked and is often very bad.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    But that can be said of any of the other such called factors:

    A yubikey can be stolen

    A fingerprint can be scanned and distributed

    So its not really an argument against passwords (or passkeys, or passwordless, or whatever marketing want to call them these days).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My yubikey can be stolen but good luck guessing my PIN in the 3 to 9 tries allowed before it self destructs.

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