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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem with Google's passcodes:

  1. I don't use Google account on my phone. In a rare occasion I need to access gmail outside of my home, I just log in via a browser, either on my phone or work computer or wherever.
  2. My home PC has no authentication whatsoever. The three physical locks on my apartment's door is the access control. Couldn't lug it around for authentication, anyway.
  3. I have no other devices that could be used for this passcode thing, and my phone is usually laying around somewhere, probably shut off with empty battery.

In fact, I have not bothered even with 2FA for google accounts. At this point these are just "garbage collection accounts" for spam and youtube subscriptions/playlists, anyway.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i don't own a 'device' to use for this. i don't even want one.