Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
by rurp on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @05:32PM
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> I struggle to imagine it will work well on the unsuspecting public.
Right, that's because there's a 0% chance we end up in a world where everyone who uses the internet reliably carries a Yubikey or similar backup on their person. It's wild to me how many people here are seriously proposing this as a solution. That might work fine for a typical HN poster, but expecting it to scale to the general public is some insane tech bubble myopia.
In reality companies will either provide enough workarounds to negate any security benefits or a whole bunch of people are going to lose access to accounts they own. If passkeys ever get widespread I'm guessing we'll see more of the former option, leading to a lot of unnecessary confusion and very little practical benefit.
Right, that's because there's a 0% chance we end up in a world where everyone who uses the internet reliably carries a Yubikey or similar backup on their person. It's wild to me how many people here are seriously proposing this as a solution. That might work fine for a typical HN poster, but expecting it to scale to the general public is some insane tech bubble myopia.
In reality companies will either provide enough workarounds to negate any security benefits or a whole bunch of people are going to lose access to accounts they own. If passkeys ever get widespread I'm guessing we'll see more of the former option, leading to a lot of unnecessary confusion and very little practical benefit.