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“Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security”

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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I remain convinced that passkeys mount the steepest hurdle yet for phishers, SIM swappers, database plunderers, and other adversaries trying to hijack accounts.
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In enterprise environments, passkeys can be a no-brainer alternative to passwords and authenticators. And even for Uncle Charlie — who has a single iPhone and Mac, and logs into only a handful of sites — passkeys may provide a simpler, less phishable path forward.
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I still think passkeys provide the greatest promise yet for filling the many security pitfalls of passwords and lowering the difficulty of remembering and storing them.

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