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Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing... that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Ideal MFA:

Something you have.

Something you know.

Something you are.

If getting married, add:

Something blue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (7 children)

Fun fact, I frequently use the word blue as my security question answers. Not all of them but enough that even if a person got to "know" me enough to know what city I was born, they wouldn't know which answers are true or which are blue.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I use my password manager to generate the answer. My mothers maiden name is CzyHcjMKMfwT4tZ7HXbavQrOPo and my first pet was Avhu6FqPTRsWwafA, but we called him Avhu for short.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All of that and the IRS will still ask what street your first pets mom died on.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Ah, yes, D7k3y2mHy5lZhbyHa St, I remember it well.

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