Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
by devsda on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @03:00PM
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> Most people will be fine
this assumes majority of population has the means and discipline to purchase, register and maintain multiple pass keys and/or devices.
There's a world outside the developed countries where a typical yubikey can cost 10-20% of a family's monthly income.
A family where phones are the only tech devices in the household and the phone is typically in a 100-150 USD price range and costs about half of monthly income.
By making passkeys mandatory we are asking them to get multiple of yubikeys/phones per person in the family ?!
They cannot afford to and will not maintain multiple passkeys or backups.
Orgs will have to build a way to help them recover their accounts easily without further costs or just ignore them as "edge cases".
this assumes majority of population has the means and discipline to purchase, register and maintain multiple pass keys and/or devices.
There's a world outside the developed countries where a typical yubikey can cost 10-20% of a family's monthly income.
A family where phones are the only tech devices in the household and the phone is typically in a 100-150 USD price range and costs about half of monthly income.
By making passkeys mandatory we are asking them to get multiple of yubikeys/phones per person in the family ?!
They cannot afford to and will not maintain multiple passkeys or backups.
Orgs will have to build a way to help them recover their accounts easily without further costs or just ignore them as "edge cases".