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Google will now make passkeys the default for personal accounts (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year 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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[-] Nolegjoe@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

If that's the case, then a bad actor could spam someone's phone with notifications. All they'd need is a username.

Or, like my mum, you don't read what the notification says and just hit 'OK'. Now you've let someone into your account without realising

[-] a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Shit. Good point. According to this blog at 1Password, Bluetooth can be used to have one device verify another for a service. So I guess if the public device has Bluetooth, it’s possible 🤷‍♂️

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

There's more ways such as scanning a Qr code to establish a connection from the app to the computer, or by presenting a number on one device which must be entered on the other

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