Do they save your passwords in an account in "the cloud" the way Chrome, et al., do? If so, aren't you at the mercy of how good their security is?
I keep thinking/hoping that things like this will do away with stupid passwords sometime before the heat death of the universe.
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I keep thinking/hoping that things like this will do away with stupid passwords sometime before the heat death of the universe.
Google to sell its own hardware 2FA solution, the Titan Security Key
Ryne Hager
Jul 25, 2018
Google is in full-on enterprise announcement mode, today being the second of three days dedicated to its business-centric Cloud Next conference. One interesting tidbit that's been making the rounds (independently of an announcement at the event itself, so far) is some new security hardware Google plans on selling in its store. This isn't anything so glamorous as a new phone, tablet, or Chromebook, though: They're a pair of hardware 2FA security keys.
The devices are apparently collectively called the Titan Security Key, and, as noted by 9to5Google, the two keys look pretty much identical to the Feitan ePass FIDO -NFC and MultiPass FIDO. We aren't sure how related this might be to Google's previously announced Titan enterprise security hardware, but CNET was allegedly able to confirm that these will be making use of different hardware.
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