Space Pirate
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Atlanta
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Who's excited about Apple's new Passkey technology?
A friend in IT sure is. https://www.wired.com/story/apple-pa...ios16-ventura/ ... |
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I’m very skeptical, but the folks working on them are great, so dunno.
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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The real challenge is that it isn't uniform across the board and you still end up needing multiple authentication points. If you only ever log into services using your Apple devices you would be fine, but what about the times you use someone else's computer? I'm sure you get a backup/emergency code for that, but are you going to remember it? No, so you need a vault to log it. Now we are back to passwords again.
I like how this is heading, but there is so much to work out and so many platforms to involve. Heck, my IT department forces password changes. This has been proven ineffective and yet it is still forced. Thankfully I use a password manager so that isn't a problem, but they would never move to a biometric auth. Even if they did a 2FA, it would involve something you know (a password) along with what ever device/biometric other you used. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Lord of the Rant.
Formerly turtle2472 Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Upstate South Carolina
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So cool if you have your device. Most will always have their device on there.
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Which way is up?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
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It's a step in the right direction. Either you have your device, or you have a zillion passwords memorized. Either way, you're screwed if you lack one or the other.
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