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

submitted 9 months 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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[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tell that to cops at traffic stops

Yes it's a thing

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Then you have a nice juicy lawsuit. No legal protection is going to prevent a rogue cop from getting your data. https://xkcd.com/538/

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Good luck in court

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2743684/mich--state-police-confiscate-cell-data-at-traffic-stops--won-t-say-when-or-why.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/aekqkj/us-state-police-have-spent-millions-on-israeli-phone-cracking-tech-cellebrite

They even brag about it

https://cellebrite.com/en/kansas-investigators-use-advanced-analytics-to-speed-their-work-and-reduce-violent-crime/

https://m.slashdot.org/story/418156

Make sure your devices are up to date

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You link to articles about law enforcement hacking phones to get data as a reason not to use biometrics? If they are hacking your device it doesn't matter if you use a password or a fingerprint.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On the contrary, these tools only work when the phone has been unlocked since boot on any modern phone, so you can turn it off or reboot it

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

True. In the context of this thread it doesn't matter though.