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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Microsoft now forcing passkeys
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 14:30:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote at 11:45 this Saturday (GMT):
> From the «time to retire from this nonsense» department:
> Title: Microsoft makes passkeys the default authentication method for all new accounts
> Author:  editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)
> Date: Fri, 02 May 2025 12:49:58 +0000
> Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-makes-passkeys-the-default-authentication-method-for-all-new-accounts
> Podcast Download URL: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JheNLB9QZsCV2yfgogzWX8.jpg
>
> Microsoft says that passkeys reduce password use by 20% and wants to remove
> password use altogether.


On one hand, I do like password-less login systems when it's handled all
locally (ie having a ~/.ssh/id_rsa file), but I hate them trying
to force MS accounts and add biometric data to it.
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