Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
by tptacek on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @10:26PM
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They are not comparable in practical terms.
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Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
by diffeomorphism on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @10:37PM
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Maybe, maybe not. You went out of your way to attack a straw man instead of showing any of that. So why should I believe you now?
Re:Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users
by tptacek on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @10:42PM
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I have no idea who you are, am comfortable with who does and does not believe me here, and think you should do you. But no: the two approaches do not offer comparable practical security.
From the questions and comments across the rest of this thread, the misunderstanding here seems clear: the person I'm responding to did not realize that FIDO2 cryptographically binds credentials to sites.