Comment on Signal under fire for storing encryption keys in plaintext
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 months agoSomething you know, something you have, something you are.
3FA:
You could also start with just one of these
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
A password can be cracked and is often very bad.
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).
My yubikey can be stolen but good luck guessing my PIN in the 3 to 9 tries allowed before it self destructs.
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.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Nope, I’m out. I’m not giving my unchangeable biological data to the Computer Gods because A) Fuck that and B) the police in my country can compel the use of biometrics to unlock things but cannot compel you to give up your pass as it is protected by the first amendment. Yes I think the bios should be protected too but that isn’t the reality in which I live.
FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 4 months ago
From the person you replied to, emphasis mine:
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I’m cool with non-biometrics.
boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Yeah that factor may not be wanted. But it is a security factor.
You could hash it securely so the computer gods dont know your fingerprint. And you could only use it in addition to another factor.