'So long passwords,' Google tells all 3 billion users — here's why.
Your Google accounts are at risk — that much should be obvious. The Company has repeatedly warned Gmail and its other users to update the security on their accounts. To add passkeys. But for some reason, these warnings are not landing as they should.
, and it’s fueled by “transnational crime groups who seek to exploit vulnerable people online for financial gain.” This includes theThe threats are also getting worse. “57% of adults experienced a scam in the past year, with 23% reporting money stolen," and now “scammers are increasingly misusing AI tools to efficiently scale and enhance their schemes.”Almost all these attacks focus on accessing your accounts — Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Amazon or any one of hundreds of banks and financial institutions. Whether it’s a phishing email, a malicious text, a phantom hacker call or a rogue ClickFix pop-up. The target is almost always the same. “Enter your username and password here.”” warning in 2023. It’s advice is clear. Stop using passwords and switch to passkeys. And do that now. Asputs it, “Google is telling users to change their passwords, but not because of a breach that exposed them. In fact, Google’s real advice is to stop using your password altogether.” “When you use a passkey to sign in to your Google Account, it proves to Google that you have access to your device and are able to unlock it," the company says. "Together, this means that passkeys protect you against phishing and any accidental mishandling that passwords are prone to, such as being reused or exposed in a data breach.” Even when Google is forced to correct misreporting after claims that millions of Gmail password suddenly leaked, it still confirms that “adopting passkeys is a stronger and safer alternative to passwords.” Again this week, the latest reported collation of breached username and password dataBut still, whenever articles push users to stop using passwords, skeptics respond as if this is controversial. It is not. And Google is not alone. Google doesn’t go that far, but does say “we allow you to skip not only the password but also 2SV when you use a passkey. In fact, passkeys are strong enough that they can stand in for security keys for users enrolled in our Advanced Protection Program.” Google also says that adding passkeys means they will “pay closer attention to the sign-ins that fall back to passwords,” In other words, they’ll tighten your account security. Google is leading the charge on passkey adoption, with a
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