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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1929155" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>One thing to be a bit careful of is the setting the 2FA to your husband's email/number is that when YOU want to use the account, you'll need to be with HIM for that 2FA to work. As long as that is OK for you, it's a good approach. But that means if you are by yourself and want to access whatever is using HIS email/number for 2FA you won't get the 2FA information. </p><p></p><p>I would say that unless you live in a really dangerous area, just let 2FA come to you, but don't use the passcode to open the phone, just use biometrics. </p><p></p><p>Apple is working on new approaches to security, including something called a passkey. Basically, the passkey is saved, encoded, on your iPhone. You use biometrics to get to it, and it handles the secure negotiation with the other end to allow access. These passkeys would replace 2FA, eventually. As an example, let's say your bank takes passkeys. You would login to your bank account, then set in that account that you want to use a passkey. The phone/Mac now negotiates over an encrypted connection to agree on the passkey to use to verify that it's you on the other end. Once the negotiations are done, the account will now accept that encrypted key from your iPhone or Mac. On the iPhone, use biometrics to authorize the use of the passkey. On the Mac, use either biometrics if your Mac supports, or your login password if it doesn't and the passkey is then sent to the bank and the account opens. No username/login pair, just the iPhone/Mac security and passkey. Much simpler, and much more secure. </p><p></p><p>Passkey is available now, for some institutions and accounts. Here is Apple's explanation: <a href="https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sign-in-with-passkeys-iphf538ea8d0/ios" target="_blank">Sign in with passkeys on iPhone</a></p><p></p><p>The standards body for passkey is FIDO. There is a website that shows where passkeys are active:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>There may be others, but those two are a good place to start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1929155, member: 396914"] One thing to be a bit careful of is the setting the 2FA to your husband's email/number is that when YOU want to use the account, you'll need to be with HIM for that 2FA to work. As long as that is OK for you, it's a good approach. But that means if you are by yourself and want to access whatever is using HIS email/number for 2FA you won't get the 2FA information. I would say that unless you live in a really dangerous area, just let 2FA come to you, but don't use the passcode to open the phone, just use biometrics. Apple is working on new approaches to security, including something called a passkey. Basically, the passkey is saved, encoded, on your iPhone. You use biometrics to get to it, and it handles the secure negotiation with the other end to allow access. These passkeys would replace 2FA, eventually. As an example, let's say your bank takes passkeys. You would login to your bank account, then set in that account that you want to use a passkey. The phone/Mac now negotiates over an encrypted connection to agree on the passkey to use to verify that it's you on the other end. Once the negotiations are done, the account will now accept that encrypted key from your iPhone or Mac. On the iPhone, use biometrics to authorize the use of the passkey. On the Mac, use either biometrics if your Mac supports, or your login password if it doesn't and the passkey is then sent to the bank and the account opens. No username/login pair, just the iPhone/Mac security and passkey. Much simpler, and much more secure. Passkey is available now, for some institutions and accounts. Here is Apple's explanation: [URL="https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/sign-in-with-passkeys-iphf538ea8d0/ios"]Sign in with passkeys on iPhone[/URL] The standards body for passkey is FIDO. There is a website that shows where passkeys are active: [URL unfurl="true"]https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/[/URL] There may be others, but those two are a good place to start. [/QUOTE]
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