23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data was breached

Re:23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data wa... by itsdrewmiller on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:09PM (#38861925)

I just created a new gmail account to test this - it asked me to create a password (minimum 8 characters, I used lowercase letters and numbers only) and didn't say anything about MFA or passkeys. I'm not going to fact check every other claim since the first one failed so utterly.

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Re:23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data wa... by mynameisvlad on Thursday January 04, 2024 @01:33PM (#38870535)

> This means the next time you sign in to your account, you’ll start seeing prompts to create and use passkeys, simplifying your future sign-ins. It also means you’ll see the “Skip password when possible” option toggled on in your Google Account settings.

Did you even look at their provided links? You took the time to create a new account, why not actually look at the provided links to see what is being claimed in the first place?

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Re:23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data wa... by itsdrewmiller on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:57PM (#38875182)

I read the link - I don't think "we will hassle people about this eventually but not even give them the option at signup" is the traditional definition of "default" though. Do you?

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Re:23andMe tells victims it's their fault that their data wa... by mynameisvlad on Monday January 08, 2024 @07:52PM (#38920774)

Prompting on first sign in is pretty “default” to me.

I highly doubt you read the link, otherwise you wouldn’t have gone through the whole sign up process just to prove something isn’t a “default” according to you. You’d have just referenced the article and made the exact same point.

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