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Yeah, I understand... but follow me here. If I'm using a 50 character randomly generated password on a website using my typical ({a..k} {m..z} {A..H} {J..N} {P
by capitainenemo 4y ago
Yeah, I understand... but follow me here. If I'm using a 50 character randomly generated password on a website using my typical ({a..k} {m..z} {A..H} {J..N} {P..Z} {2..9}) token generation, then they are going to be brute forcing 6×10⁸⁷ combinations right? That's not happening. So. Randomly generated passwords for sites, managed by a password manager, are much like device bound keys, but with the added advantage that I can still type it into something that doesn't support the device if I really need to... I still like the idea of dongles especially to enhance the master password. I just don't see what it wins me over a random site password.
And, I'm absolutely going to have a password on my dongle or laptop in case of loss. I don't really trust biometrics in that scenario either really. Especially fingerprints that would be all over the laptop. Biometrics are just a convenience that I recognise offers some modicum of security. That's why hooking it up to TPM seems to not add much.
... I do get hardening where the passwords are stored though... although, if the disc is encrypted using TPM (which linux definitely supports), I guess the main attack you'd be concerned about would be the OS being compromised while running, but aren't we just back to loggers then?