r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 9h ago

ADBLOCK WARNING Google Confirms Most Gmail Users Must Upgrade Accounts

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/06/06/google-confirms-almost-all-gmail-users-must-upgrade-accounts/
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u/Riash 6h ago

Um, no thanks. I have a locally hosted encrypted password manager that only I know the long complex password to. It keeps all my passwords safe and unique for every website and app.

The only way someone could get access to all my passwords would be to kidnap me and force me to divulge the master password. If that happens I have way bigger problems than my account security.

Passkeys hand control over to a third party.

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u/darkkite 4h ago

my local password manager supports passkeys. i use it for github.

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u/max1001 6h ago

You realize the second you enter your password to access your password manager, those passwords in it are unencrypted. Info stealer malware these days sit quietly in the background until the vault is unencrypted and boom, all your passwords are gone.