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Susan Bradley
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February 20, 2025 at 3:00 am #2749804

I hit this last night logging into QuickBooks online, but you may also see it when logging into TurboTax on a system that supports passkeys. A passkey
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- agoldhammer
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  February 20, 2025 at 7:43 am #2749868
  
  There are several websites that I use where this pops up including Amazon. It’s not enforced as you can simply hit the cancel button and continue on to the site.
  
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- Zig
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  February 20, 2025 at 11:00 am #2749938
  
  Susan,
  “Adversary-in-the-middle” OOH! “That man” is going to come after you for DEI.
  
  Zig
  
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- Susan Bradley
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  February 20, 2025 at 11:45 am #2749951
  
  https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1557/ It’s actually an official term as it means more than just “man in the middle”
  
  https://www.sentinelone.com/cybersecurity-101/threat-intelligence/what-is-an-adversary-in-the-middle-aitm-attack/
  
  Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher
  
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- Michael432
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  February 20, 2025 at 11:27 am #2749943
  
  Nothing is both more secure and easier to use. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Passkeys can never replace passwords, as there will always be a need for fallback method of logging on.
  
  More on passkeys here
  
  https://defensivecomputingchecklist.com/passkeys.php
  
  Get up to speed on router security at RouterSecurity.org and Defensive Computing at DefensiveComputingChecklist.com
  
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  February 20, 2025 at 1:25 pm #2749969
  
  Michael432 wrote:
  
  Nothing is both more secure and easier to use. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Passkeys can never replace passwords, as there will always be a need for fallback method of logging on.
  
  My Microsoft account uses a passkey but has NO password:
  
  Microsoft account — Signing in with a passkey
  
  How to go passwordless with your Microsoft account
  
  Replacing password with passkey IS more secure AND more convenient.
  
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