RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 20 days agoPasskey technology is elegant, but it's most definitely not usable securityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkPasskey technology is elegant, but it's most definitely not usable securityarstechnica.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: arstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareazronlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoPasskeys were a great idea and then companies realized they can use them for lock-in and this is what we get. I find it particularly disappointing that they are even hijacking the use of actual security keys to push you toward a passkey. So much for the “we care about your security”
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoI still don’t see why a usb stick alone can’t be used with the machine having something like the authenticator app
Passkeys were a great idea and then companies realized they can use them for lock-in and this is what we get. I find it particularly disappointing that they are even hijacking the use of actual security keys to push you toward a passkey.
So much for the “we care about your security”
I still don’t see why a usb stick alone can’t be used with the machine having something like the authenticator app