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#Is there something you can fix physically on a my passport for mac for free

Literally ANY citizen can get a state-issued ID for free – in EVERY state. They have nothing to do with protecting your machine from malware, which is what your points about protecting your machine are all about. Hardware aside, these dongles are about proving your identity to your bank or credit union, Amazon, NewEgg, AskWoody and any other online entity for which you must log on to use.

However, it appears that you are conflating identity with security. In so far as losing a dongle, you’re right that it’s a problem primarily for mobile users. Unless we lose all kinds of things constantly in our homes, the person described above is highly unlikely to lose a dongle. Plus, what about those of us who NEVER EVER have allowed anyone (except a tech present in our home to diagnose and fix a computer problem) to touch our desktop computers? (And the tech we carefully watch while they work). What about all of us who don’t have laptops and don’t want any and who access the internet ONLY from our powerful, wonderful HOME DESKTOPS? You must be assuming the user is mobile much of the time thus using a laptop and they carry the dongle with them and then lose it, right? Oh, and there will be a booming business opportunity repairing worn-out USB connectors! Who’s going to front the cost of these things in much of the world? Even if such a dongle costs but $5, it’s still a significant amount to many in the world. How many people will choose PINs other than the last digits of one’s phone number, SS number or even their street number? You just have to be no better at protecting your PIN than you are at protecting your password.

Option 3 fails because you don’t have to be the one inputting the PIN.

This violates “something you have something you know” so grossly I’m amazed this was even considered. If you’ve never lost keys, a wallet, or the like, good for you.

Option 1 fails because the fob can be lost or stolen.

Only option 2 actually is “ enough to confirm to a server that you physically have the device and that you’re physically present.”.

Any of these steps is enough to confirm to a server that you physically have the device and that you’re physically present. (3) You could even enter just a four-digit PIN on your computer keyboard. (2) You can press a finger on the device’s tiny reader. (1) You can push a button on the device, proving that some hacker isn’t trying to pose as you from afar. Once one of these things is inserted into a computer, a server can authenticate you with the easiest of steps. Don’t ask.) But with the lead section, the whole article has become nothing better than an expression of a very sick marketing mentality. (I have my reasons for casting a very skeptical eye toward former Infoworld contributors. So did some of the other former contributors to InfoWorld. How is an International Agency or private Company going to do any better? What recourse do we have when they fail? Who elected WHO (dark pun intended)? Who’s watching the Watchers? Oh yeah, Super Brian!!Ĭlearly, Brian actually does know what he’s posting about, underneath the click-baiting excesses. Our US State and National Governments at work in Cyber-Security. ‘Easy money’: How international scam artists pulled off an epic theft of Covid benefits The part about Yubico and the FIDO Alliance is an excellent explainer.įWIW, Brian is absolutely correct about facial ID and other biometrics being weak security:

#Is there something you can fix physically on a my passport for mac verification

If it weren’t for the click-baiting marketing hype in the lead section of the column, this would have been a good article on ID verification using FOBs and Smartphones.

#Is there something you can fix physically on a my passport for mac drivers

Absolutely NO!! No replacing of Drivers Licenses with Private Sector products! No replacing of State control of ID verification with an International, Private-Sector scheme! No international databases of Personally Identifiable Information (PII)! “The technology can prove you’re of drinking age.”