{"id":4990,"date":"2024-01-22T10:37:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T03:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2024-01-22T10:37:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T03:37:59","slug":"passkeys-vs-passwords-a-new-era-of-online-security-biometrics-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/passkeys-vs-passwords-a-new-era-of-online-security-biometrics-encryption\/","title":{"rendered":"Passkeys vs Passwords: A New Era of Online Security &#8211; Biometrics &#038; Encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Passkeys may replace passwords, offering enhanced online security with device encryption and biometrics, despite challenges in combating advanced fraud techniques.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;Passkeys: Are they a solution to end passwords forever? | BBC News&#8221; by BBC News<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h5X6DTTPqXc?si=xsp22Tn04Njbt0LW\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Passkeys as the Future of Online Security<\/strong>: Passkeys are emerging as a revolutionary tool in online security, potentially replacing traditional passwords.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhanced Security with Passkeys<\/strong>: Unlike passwords, passkeys offer enhanced security by combining device-specific encryption and user verification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Setup Process<\/strong>: Setting up a passkey is slightly more complex than traditional passwords, involving identity verification through a user&#8217;s device.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passwords&#8217; Vulnerabilities<\/strong>: Current reliance on passwords is highly insecure, as demonstrated by Cory Macy, a hacker who tests companies&#8217; defenses, highlighting their ease of breach.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Common Password Flaws<\/strong>: Users often create weak passwords, such as predictable seasonal passwords or slightly modified versions of an original one across different platforms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increasing Password Security Demands<\/strong>: To secure passwords, users need complex, unique passwords for each service, a password manager, and multi-factor authentication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biometrics in Online Security<\/strong>: The use of biometrics, like thumbprints, PIN codes, and facial ID, is becoming increasingly common for online authentication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Challenges in Biometric Security<\/strong>: There are concerns about the ability of fraudsters to deceive biometric systems using techniques like masks or deep fakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rapid Advancements in Fraud Techniques<\/strong>: The technology used in fraud, especially deep fake technology, is rapidly advancing, posing challenges to current security measures.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passkeys Offer a Brighter Future<\/strong>: Despite challenges, experts agree that passkeys, especially those using biometrics, are a significant improvement over passwords in securing online lives.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passkeys may replace passwords, offering enhanced online security with device encryption and biometrics, despite challenges in combating advanced fraud techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-43","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4992,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4990\/revisions\/4992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}