Why passkeys are a step back for personal security: examining account lockout risks, platform lock-in, hardware key limits, and fragile recovery flows.
My current employer will not authorize the use of a password manager. I have a key fob for my Microsoft account, and another account does phone verification. I use one password. If they don’t want to put the effort in for account security then neither do I. I use a password manager for nearly all my other accounts.
In my experience you’re more likely to find a sticky note on the desk with passwords than someone using a password manager, 2fa, or an ounce of ‘common’ sense.
Maybe 5 or 10 years ago, but who doesn’t use a password manager these days? They generate random passwords and remember them for you
Do you know any non tech people, especially over 40? Literally none of them uses a password manager.
Most of the non-techy people I know use the password manager built into their Web browser at the very least.
My current employer will not authorize the use of a password manager. I have a key fob for my Microsoft account, and another account does phone verification. I use one password. If they don’t want to put the effort in for account security then neither do I. I use a password manager for nearly all my other accounts.
https://xkcd.com/2501/
Huh I thought it was going to be the correcthorsebatterystaple comic
In my experience you’re more likely to find a sticky note on the desk with passwords than someone using a password manager, 2fa, or an ounce of ‘common’ sense.
So we should be using passkeys to access our password managers that generate random passwords and remember them for us! Ultimate protection.