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Google will now make passkeys the default for personal accounts (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Tibert@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[-] V0lD@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

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?

[-] alvvayson@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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

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