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Yet another reminder that account recovery is the weakest link in the security chain for online accounts. Consider all the work going into new tech such as pass
by jzl 3y ago
Yet another reminder that account recovery is the weakest link in the security chain for online accounts. Consider all the work going into new tech such as passkeys -- none of it matters if it's possible for janky account recovery techniques to punch a hole through flawless authentication standards. Unfortunately, companies have come to expect that a large number of their users cannot be expected to reliably store and retrieve their login credentials, whether in a password manager or their head.