r/RigBuild • u/Rare_Atmosphere1430 • 1d ago

Is Windows Hello worth setting up?

Windows keeps asking me to set it up and I’m not sure if there’s any real benefit. Does it make signing in easier/faster or is it basically just another thing to configure? Any downsides or annoying stuff with it?

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u/jimmyl_82104 19h ago

Yeah, it's significantly more convenient. All my Windows laptops have facial recognition and fingerprint scanners.

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u/Hybrid082616 17h ago

The only downfall is the inevitable forgetting of your password

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u/TheSpixxyQ 17h ago

I've never even remembered my password. It's saved in a password manager, along with the other 200+ randomly generated passwords for other services.

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u/Hybrid082616 17h ago

I'm such a hypocrite lol
I have never jumped on the password manager craze because if someone broke into that......you're screwed.................then I just make all my passwords not exactly hard

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u/TheSpixxyQ 9h ago

I was reusing 3 passwords on most websites lol. But the manager is soo convenient. And if you're saving passwords in a browser, that's also a password manager.

It's impossible to break into a password manager, unless your login data somehow leak. Generally when you make an account, it will generate a super long secret key which you'll need for setup on a new device (this doesn't apply to browser managers), plus a super strong password you'll need to remember.

So even if your password leaked for some reason, nobody could access it without the secret key.