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I have over 500 online accounts. Imagine if all of them used a login method where I had to have backup devices registered, instead of just me backing up the cre
by jjnoakes 4y ago
I have over 500 online accounts. Imagine if all of them used a login method where I had to have backup devices registered, instead of just me backing up the credentials (like I do today with a password manager).
With backup devices, whenever I upgrade or replace a device, I need to go to each of the 500+ online accounts and register the new device. This is much more work than a quick login to each site via my password manager (which can happen on-demand, only as I need to use the services).
- dickhardt 4y agoI founded Hellō to solve this problem. A neutral service where you get to choose how to login, and how you can recover your Hellō Wallet. Done. See Show HN post I wrote this morning https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33178285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33178285
- dickhardt 4y agodoh -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33177705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33177705
- jml7c5 4y agoI think you've pasted the wrong link.
- rohanharikr 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33177705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33177705
- skybrian 4y agoYeah, this is why I connect unimportant accounts to Google or GitHub, and use two step auth only for the important ones.
- stavros 4y agoWebAuthn credentials can be backed up, if you want. They can also be impossible to back up (and thus steal), if you want. It's up to you, which is more than I can say about passwords.