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Google will now make passkeys the default for personal accounts (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Passkey is some sort of specific unique key to a device allowing to use a pin on a device instead of the password. But which won't work on another device.

Now I don't know if that key can be stolen or not, or if it's really more secure or not, as people have really unsecure pins.

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

You can still use a 37 character password to protect your passkeys in your pw vault, so it's not like anyone is forcing you to change.

It's still a single factor though. The number of times I have had to lecture IT admins that their 64 character passwords was compromised by a keylogger and that they need to move towards MFA is too damn high.

As for your phone, if that's sufficient for you, go for it.

There are better phones out there.

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

I have MFA in addition to that pw, yes

There are better phones out there.

That's news to me. Which other mobile authentication is there besides pin, pattern, facial and fingerprint?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most phones allow passwords, or at least longer length pin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

My 6 character alphanumeric pin is more secure than your four digit numeric