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passwords suck even if you have a password manager to help you keep track

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of the dozens of credentials you're probably using they come with quite a

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few problems other than simply being hard to remember secure passwords can

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still be hacked as they aren't always stored in a secure Manner and even if

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they are passwords can and do get stolen by a social engineering like when a

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scammer calls up your poor old grandma oh hello and security concerns aside the

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whole song and dance of having to create a password in the first place can

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actually lead users to just give up on using a service altogether especially if

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it doesn't have that sign in with Google or sign in with apple button available

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as an option and obviously Services you sign up for want your business and

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aren't exactly thrilled when a user walks away so it shouldn't be surprising

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that pass keys are starting to become more common these are credentials that

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allow you to access an online account without a password to use a pass key you

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still need to authenticate that it's actually you trying to use it but

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instead of a big long silly word you use a fingerprint sensor or facial

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recognition or a QR code or pin which are useful if you're on a device like a

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desktop PC that might not have biometric recognition Hardware of course you have

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to remember a pin which does negate one of the advantages of pasis but

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Biometrics are already extremely common on phones and laptops and can be cheaply

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added to a desktop but regardless of the authentication method pass keys are

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stored in a different way than traditional passwords which is one of

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their main selling points in terms of security we'll tell you exactly how that

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works right after we thank secret lab with their Black Friday Cyber Monday

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and save big this holiday season instead of hanging out on a server somewhere

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pass Keys live right on your device but if that's the case how does the server

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know that you're giving it the correct credential when you try to connect the

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answer is public key cryptography essentially the same basic

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idea that underpins most of the encryption you find on the web we have

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another video with more details on cryptography but the gist of it is this

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the website or application you're connecting to stores a special string of

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characters called a public key and the key that stays on your device is a

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private key the public key is useless on its own but when the key pair is

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verified as correct you're granted access baby bingo the cryptographic

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algorithm that generates the keys is nearly impossible to reverse so if

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someone breaks into the server and steals the public key it's very unlikely

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that they'd somehow be able to figure out your private key unless they have a

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quantum computer or something pass Keys

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also don't need to use multiactor authentication involving those numerical

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codes that you have to copy and paste unlike a password-based system a bad

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actor would physically need access to your device to get into your account if

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you're using a pass key this means that the second factor for a pass key is

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effectively your fingerprint your face or your PIN which you're already using

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to sign in anyway of course this doesn't

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mean that pass keys are absolutely secure for example someone could set up

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a weak pin misplace their phone and suddenly it's quite easy for a bad actor

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to get into a huge number of their accounts but the point isn't absolute

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security as that is isn't truly achievable instead the goal is to make

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your accounts easier to access and more secure than they are with traditional

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passwords both at the same time and seeing as how way too many of us are

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still using passwords like Cy the companies that are pushing pass Keys

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might just be on to something so thanks for watching guys if you like this video

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maybe watch that other video on cryptography or switch it up how about

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why are planes white it's a great one