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What is the origin of passwords submitted to honeypots?

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Re: What is the origin of passwords submitted to honeypots?

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My bank dropped using passwords back in july. Now all that protects my account is a 5 digit PIN and SMS, and you can reset the pin via SMS. I'm glad financial companies hire security minded folks.

This is satire, right?

Nope - although the last line is sarcasm, if that's what you mean.

Re: What is the origin of passwords submitted to honeypots?

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I suspect that what's supposed to be going on there is that what protects your account is law enforcement and the fact that financial transactions are traceable.

Yeah, her bank has stationed a cop to stand at every website login and proactively arrest hackers before they can get at her money.

I meant get the money back after the fact. Which yeah it will probably suck for the client even if the bank considers it a cost of doing business.

Re: What is the origin of passwords submitted to honeypots?

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Passwords should be dead soon and this article should be irrelevant soon after. PSA: For most basic and routine websites/apps of low-value, please, please use the FaceID/TouchID protected platform authenticators for passwordless authentication. And for those archaic sites that still insist on passwords (why? tell them about passwordless by writing feedback/app reviews), use the platform built-in password managers. Do…

> please use the FaceID/TouchID protected platform authenticators for passwordless authentication.

No, I prefer to keep my fingers intact on both of my hands. Better to use the mind for something secured; the brain is essentially hack-proof.

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