Every ‘passwordless’ solution to passwords always ends up being the informational equivalent of ‘passwords, but the method is changed’. Biometrics are just a once-in-a-lifetime password that’s entered differently, password managers are just all your passwords, but behind one big password.
Even 2FA is just “password you know” and “password your device knows”.
Not saying these solutions don’t have value, but to say passwords are outdated is a bit silly.
USB/NFC hardware keys are pretty good though, they are just the current form of smartcard hardware keys that have been around since the late 1990s for high security environments. If you worked for certain federal agencies or private sector companies, you might have used them. They are old technology at this point that has more recently been introduced into the consumer space as platforms and companies face backlash for constantly having security breaches.
Every ‘passwordless’ solution to passwords always ends up being the informational equivalent of ‘passwords, but the method is changed’. Biometrics are just a once-in-a-lifetime password that’s entered differently, password managers are just all your passwords, but behind one big password.
Even 2FA is just “password you know” and “password your device knows”.
Not saying these solutions don’t have value, but to say passwords are outdated is a bit silly.
USB/NFC hardware keys are pretty good though, they are just the current form of smartcard hardware keys that have been around since the late 1990s for high security environments. If you worked for certain federal agencies or private sector companies, you might have used them. They are old technology at this point that has more recently been introduced into the consumer space as platforms and companies face backlash for constantly having security breaches.