SN 972: Passkeys: A Shattered Dream? - IoT Default Passwords, Passkeys

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Leo Laporte

Cyber Crime, Malware, Technology, Encryption, Steve Gibson, Security, Hacking, Twit, Spyware, Leo Laporte

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 132 minutes

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Summary

GCHQ: No more default passwords for consumer IoT devices!
What happened with Chrome and 3rd-party cookies?
Race conditions and multi-threading
GM "accidentally" enrolled millions into "OnStar Smart Driver +" program
Steve recommends Ryk Brown's "Frontiers Saga"
SpinRite update
Passkeys: A Shattered Dream?

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0:00.0	It's time for security now Steve Gibson is here.
0:03.0	Last night he was sitting in his armchair having a nice glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, reading the news
0:11.0	when he saw the announcement that the United Kingdom is going to make a major
0:15.2	change to how I. O.T. devices work.
0:19.4	He is so excited. He's come here. He leapt to his feet and and said we got to talk about this on security now. So we will.
0:26.0	What happened with Chrome dumping its plans to dump third-party cookies?
0:31.0	And let's talk a lot about pass keys.
0:36.0	There was an interesting post, Steve, read and a lot of you read
0:40.0	saying it's not working.
0:43.0	Our pass keys over and all that more coming up next on security now.
0:48.0	Podcasts you love from people you trust.
0:54.0	This is Twit.
0:57.0	This is Twit. This is Security Now with Steve Gibson, episode 972, recorded April 30th, 2024.
1:09.0	Paskies, a shattered dream? It's time for security now, the show where we...
1:15.0	I know you wait for this all week long, don't you?
1:17.0	We cover the security field, the computer field, every other field, the sci-fi field,
1:22.0	with this guy right here.
1:23.5	Mr. Steve and Tiberius Gibson.
1:25.9	May the fourth be with you, yes.
1:28.0	You are, oh, the fourth, yes, coming up.
1:31.4	You are correct about the breadth of our coverage. I do have a little
1:36.1	sci-fi mention, a real quickie, for those of us who have been for those
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