A lot of services support passkeys. Microsoft even has an option to make my account “passwordless”. Since they are more secure than passwords, will you be switching some / most of your accounts to passkeys any time soon? Interested to hear everyone’s thoughts on passkeys. 🔑

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    It could be your phone or computer as well, they don’t have to be in a password manager.

    And that’s often going to be the default people use.

    Now it’s just your face or fingerprint, both of which are easier to bypass if it’s targeted.

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        Just in addition to my other reply… that was assuming it’s not a government agency.

        The police can just force you to do it, but they can’t force a password.

        Everyone using a passkey and biometrics on their hardware is law enforcements wet dream.

        Edit: Including border security where you have less rights.

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          This exactly why I have a phone that lets me use two factors to unlock it, pin plus fingerprint!

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            It let’s you require both?

            It looks like it’s pin and optional fingerprint, not pin and fingerprint for me? On Android

            This is why I always turn it off in airports though.

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        It’s just much weaker than a password and passkey / security key.

        Something you are can easily be taken from you. (Edit: eg lifting fingerprints can unlock things)

        Something you know is harder and would escalate a situation if forced substantially.