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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Colour Sergeant Bourne Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Passcode security Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:05:52 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:05:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1bb388611984464dfc29fdd597ee5939"; logging-data="1294553"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18BRQTFCJWi9k1XehspXOx5" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:crow9cmie7a6Dh86EpvXJy+bWEw= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2717 On 9/19/24 4:37 PM, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2024-09-19 10:08, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote: >> With websites transitioning from passwords to passcodes for login >> security, I guess I'll need to start using them at some point. > > I believe you mean passkeys. > >> As best I understand it, passcodes require either face ID or >> fingerprint ID to verify. Which is more secure/less error-prone? >> >> Also, how do you login from a desktop or laptop? > > First off not that many sites have gone that way.  Apple, Amazon, Google > and some others have.  My bank hasn't added it yet. > https://www.passkeys.io/who-supports-passkeys <- list of supporting sites. > > To use it the device has to have some means of validating it is you: > fingerprint, face ID.  The notion is to head towards devices that have > some biological identification. > > More secure?  Yes, in the sense that someone trying to access your > account on some site does not have physical possession of one of your > devices that contains your passkey.  And even if they did they could not > trivially access your passkey w/o passing the FaceID/Fingerprint ID. > > I have it set up and it works quite transparently.  There is a test site > where you can set up a test account to try it out. > https://www.passkeys.io/ > > As my newest iMac has a fingerprint reader it too uses passcodes for > logins where available. > > Also of course, one you set up a passkey on one device, it is > synchronized to all your other devices under the same AppleID. > > (I assume there is a similar mechanism for PC / Android, etc.). > > Right, thanks!