Sorry, as IT person I have to disagree, app based MFA is just way much easier to maintain instead of HW keys.
Edit: forgot to mention that in Finland companies here has to provide phone if your work require that. In IT I don’t want nothing to do with users personal devices, and it sounds insane to me that in US companies force apps to your personal devices.
Open an app, find the one number for your specific app among the bajillion you have, oh the timer is almost out and you forgot halfway through, tap back in the app, oh the fucking app scroll all the way to the top again.
Often times, yes. I don’t want to always have to have a USB key on me, but I always have access to MFA apps via my phone, watch, or laptop. I have no idea why you’re typing the code out instead of copying and pasting.
App-based TOTP are not phishing resistant and do not require any level of proximity to the login session. The future is more likely passkeys that use device TPMs.
Sorry, as IT person I have to disagree, app based MFA is just way much easier to maintain instead of HW keys.
Edit: forgot to mention that in Finland companies here has to provide phone if your work require that. In IT I don’t want nothing to do with users personal devices, and it sounds insane to me that in US companies force apps to your personal devices.
Re-writing a 6-digit code is easier than tapping a USB device?
They’re talking about operationally. They don’t want to configure and distribute a bajillion dongles to users.
Yup
Open an app, find the one number for your specific app among the bajillion you have, oh the timer is almost out and you forgot halfway through, tap back in the app, oh the fucking app scroll all the way to the top again.
Open app via sidebar, search for website in search box, enter number once because I’m not super fucking slow at typing
Often times, yes. I don’t want to always have to have a USB key on me, but I always have access to MFA apps via my phone, watch, or laptop. I have no idea why you’re typing the code out instead of copying and pasting.
Pretty sure he’s talking about mfa that just asks for confirmation whether that’s you logging in on the phone. No typing required.
App-based TOTP are not phishing resistant and do not require any level of proximity to the login session. The future is more likely passkeys that use device TPMs.
Simple challenge number handles that, for example Azure AD MFA forces that today
Those are better, but are also not phishing resistant.