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> Which is rather likely, because why else would big tech companies push this if it didn't benefit them in some way? They switched to this internally a long ti
by anthony_r 4y ago
> Which is rather likely, because why else would big tech companies push this if it didn't benefit them in some way?
They switched to this internally a long time ago which basically eliminated phishing attacks against employees. There are security teams inside those megacorps that have a general objective of reducing the number of account takeovers, and non trivial resources to accomplish that. Not everything is a conspiracy.
Also, I am sure you will be able to stick to just passwords for a pretty long time while the world moves on to cryptographic authentication. I'm not being sarcastic here.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoYes, they also track the behavior of their employees. It is security for them and not for the user in many cases. In a perfect world those incentives align but they don't have to.
- danuker 4y ago> There are security teams inside those megacorps that have a general objective of reducing the number of account takeovers Said security teams have at most zero incentive that the privacy of the policy subjects is preserved.
- matheusmoreira 4y ago> There are security teams inside those megacorps that have a general objective of reducing the number of account takeovers The same corporations that routinely intercept all network traffic.