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The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over (www.wired.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 4 weeks ago (18 children)

The real problem is not passwords so much as trusted sources. Governments should have an email account that citizens have a right to and will not go away and have local offices to verify access issues.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I don't want my government hosting my email.

The last time they had to do anything important they stoled all the sensitive data in plain text in an Excel spreadsheet and then the spreadsheet got corrupted so they lost everything. Of course they didn't have backups.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

But at least since it was stolen, the backup was hosted for free on the hacker forums /s

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