Passkeys in Turbo Tax?

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I hit this last night logging into QuickBooks online, but you may also see it when logging into TurboTax on a system that supports passkeys. A passkey
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Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Great Lake Bunyip, dataman1701

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There are several websites that I use where this pops up including Amazon.  It’s not enforced as you can simply hit the cancel button and continue on to the site.

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Lars220

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Susan,
“Adversary-in-the-middle”  OOH! “That man” is going to come after you for DEI.

Zig

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https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1557/ It’s actually an official term as it means more than just “man in the middle”

https://www.sentinelone.com/cybersecurity-101/threat-intelligence/what-is-an-adversary-in-the-middle-aitm-attack/

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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Nothing is both more secure and easier to use. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Passkeys can never replace passwords, as there will always be a need for fallback method of logging on.

More on passkeys here

https://defensivecomputingchecklist.com/passkeys.php

Get up to speed on router security at RouterSecurity.org and Defensive Computing at DefensiveComputingChecklist.com

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windbg, jburk07, opti1

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Michael432 wrote:

Nothing is both more secure and easier to use. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Passkeys can never replace passwords, as there will always be a need for fallback method of logging on.

My Microsoft account uses a passkey but has NO password:

Microsoft account — Signing in with a passkey

How to go passwordless with your Microsoft account

Replacing password with passkey IS more secure AND more convenient.

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Alex5723

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