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denkmoontoday at 12:30 AM3 repliesview on HN

The people in charge of the internet are "cybersecurity" "professionals" who can't even follow NIST guidance.


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Kaliboytoday at 1:25 AM

It is with much hesitation that I write this, because I just implemented such a flow.

My reasoning was this: my customers keep forgetting their password and somehow that becomes a trigger to contact me. No passwords, no problem.

I tried convincing them to use password managers but that was pointless.

But I see the pain and frustration so I will add passwords. And I quite liked the passkey idea, have to see how that works. Not that my customers would ever use it, but I would. It literally never occured to me.

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techniontoday at 2:35 AM

A lot of those same people seemed perfectly capable of insisting on 60 day password rotation back when they could use nist guidance as an authority to appeal to (for about five years after the recommendation changed too).

readthenotes1today at 12:44 AM

The "change your password every 6 months" guidance?

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