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I recommend they get a physical key (yubikey), it's more intuitive or natural for the pre-digital-first generations
by verdverm 1mo ago
I recommend they get a physical key (yubikey), it's more intuitive or natural for the pre-digital-first generations
- rylando 1mo agoWhat a great idea! I never would’ve thought of a Yubikey for this
- toomuchtodo 1mo agoRecommend two, one for them, one for you. Add both to all accounts. Upon death, you won't have to search for theirs.
- verdverm 1mo agogood call on the two, I actually have two personally, one for primary email, one for all the other logins, so now we are at four keys
- toomuchtodo 1mo agoPasskeys are also fine imho, I use Apple Passwords and share passkeys with various groups (partner, immediate family, extended family) for various systems, depending on access audience. Also, consider a legacy contact if you're in the Apple ecosystem. For those who rely on me as an unofficial trustee and guardian, I have them add me as their legacy contact, and I then print out multiple copies of the legacy contact key page, laminate it, and distribute it physically (it's a one page QR code with some details on it). It can also be bound between Apple accounts. A death certificate will be required to access a legacy contact. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631 https://support.apple.com/en-us/103128 https://support.apple.com/en-us/103128
- verdverm 1mo agoI refuse to use any biometric based auth, so passkeys are a nope for me laminated physical backup codes, you are a hero among peasants friend!
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- Jtsummers 1mo agoYou don't need biometric authentication for passkeys, though.
- verdverm 1mo agoevery prompt to set it up indicates otherwise, they really really want you to set up biometric auth, however the gov't can make you provide biometric unlock, whereas they cannot compel a password or real "passkey" (pin)
- chrisjj 29d ago... except if they've been required to change an expired password.
- aristofun 1mo agoCan you use yubikey as a primary login mechanism? How? Otherwise having same password on every service doesn’t look secure, and what would you need to do if it’s compromised.
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