Comment on Google will now make passkeys the default for personal accounts

• Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Good luck

  computerworld.com/…/mich--state-police-confiscate…

  vice.com/…/us-state-police-have-spent-millions-on…

  They even brag about it

  cellebrite.com/…/kansas-investigators-use-advance…

  m.slashdot.org/story/418156

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  • confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You link to articles about law enforcement hacking phones to get data as a reason not to use biometrics? If they are hacking your device it doesn’t matter if you use a password or a fingerprint.

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    • Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      On the contrary, these tools only work when the phone has been unlocked since boot on any modern phone, so you can turn it off or reboot it

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      • confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        True. In the context of this thread it doesn’t matter though.

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