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Good. After all the roundabout bullshit of "factors" ("2FA") and password managers, people have finally come to their senses that physical tokens are a very nat
by pishpash 9y ago
Good. After all the roundabout bullshit of "factors" ("2FA") and password managers, people have finally come to their senses that physical tokens are a very natural evolution of analog keys and the only real security, and should have been used from the get-go.
- tracker1 9y agoKeys are not the only real security... real security includes something you are, something you have, and something you know. Having something like this combined with the something you know (passphrase) would be real closer security. Now anyone with your token can access everything that key gets access to, without you needing to be there, or sharing a passphrase. That's less secure imho.
- xur17 9y agoA lot of these devices allow you to configure a pin code that is required to unlock the device before use, which effectively provides a second factor. Also, stealing a fido device requires physical theft and can't be duplicated, so the owner would likely know if it was stolen.
- emlun 9y agoAs xur17 points out, these devices support an on-device PIN like smart cards. The protocol also has support for future devices with biometric authentication, which could give you all three factors in one device.