Popular encrypted messaging app Signal is facing criticism over a security issue in its desktop application. Researchers and app users are raising
  • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 年前

    Isn’t the idea that not everyone has access to your biometrics?

    There’s honestly no need to make computers ask people for piss scans:

    something you know

    A password

    something you have

    Access to the password

    something you are

    The person who knows the password

      • Venia Silente@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 年前

        But that can be said of any of the other such called factors:

        A yubikey can be stolen

        A fingerprint can be scanned and distributed

        So its not really an argument against passwords (or passkeys, or passwordless, or whatever marketing want to call them these days).

        • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          1 年前

          Most people just need to fear their passwords being cracked remotely. In masses.

          If your threat model is being known, people stealing your stuff to login to your things, this is very high.

        • AlwaysTheir@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2·
          1 年前

          My yubikey can be stolen but good luck guessing my PIN in the 3 to 9 tries allowed before it self destructs.