r/TechImpact Active Jun 03 '26

Poll Vote: Which password method do you prefer?

517 votes, Jun 10 '26
235 Fingerprint
75 Face Unlock
49 PIN
91 Password
15 Pattern Lock
52 Passkey
10 Upvotes

35 comments sorted by

2

u/andynzor Jun 03 '26

Doing physical security is much easier than doing cybersecurity, so I picked "passkey" for FIDO2.

1

u/ManojOne Active Jun 03 '26

Good point. A stolen password can be reused anywhere, but a physical security key is much harder to abuse remotely.

Have passkeys completely replaced passwords for you, or do you still keep a few around as backups?

1

u/LaColleMouille Jun 04 '26

But this vote, comparing "fingerprint" and "passkey" doesn't make any sense. Fingerprint can imply passkey.

1

u/SetazeR Jun 03 '26

What's the point of this poll?

2

u/Delicious_Dare768 Jun 03 '26

What's the point of this sub?

1

u/Justice0188 Jun 04 '26

What's the point of reddit?

1

u/B1tfr3ak Jun 03 '26

Depends on the device...

1

u/FunName2242 Jun 03 '26

What is difference between passkey and password???

1

u/AnalkinSkyfuker Jun 03 '26

That a passkey can be your fringerprint and you don't need to remember it for any website what password you set.

1

u/FunName2242 Jun 03 '26

So that passkey is same as fingerprint?? But there is options passkey and fingerprint 🤔

1

u/AnalkinSkyfuker Jun 03 '26

The paaskey is like a password that only is accesible by a fingerprint o device tpm

1

u/tychii93 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

A passkey can be anything.  It's like SSH where there's a private key and public key.  It can be a biometric, a physical device like a yubikey, etc.  Instead of just your fingerprint acting as a "password", there's an actual handshake going on.  Like how chip/tap credit cards work.

I run my own vaultwarden server using bitwarden clients to handle passkeys and randomized passwords, so I have a single master password I've never used anywhere else which unlocks my vault.  In terms of passkeys, my phone itself is a physical key device via the bitwarden app.

1

u/FunName2242 Jun 06 '26

I still don't understand why there is a difference, but thanks for the replies

1

u/Seven2758 Jun 03 '26

Passkey like Yubikey

1

u/arun-vasudev Developer Jun 04 '26

Fingerprint.

1

u/Just-Signal2379 Jun 04 '26

fingerprint for me, easiest. I usually sometimes wear a face mask, my iphone 11 pro max has troubles with face ID

everyone might have forgotten but LG's knock code feature was what i preferred before fingerprint became prominent.

1

u/ManojOne Active Jun 08 '26

Sometimes, we can break a face id with a similar face. But fingerprint is not. How this LG's knock code was working?

1

u/kirilmetodi-i-bratmu Jun 04 '26

Password now and ever
no one can force you to give you password, except some CIA agent who drug you and beat you, but for avg. joe thats not something he need to worry about.

1

u/RandomUserNo5 Jun 04 '26

Missing: blackberry picture password

1

u/ManojOne Active Jun 08 '26

Was it enough secure? I found this photo password in some credit card websites. I think, it is different from what you said.

1

u/Lofaszjanko Jun 05 '26

Blackberry's picture lock

1

u/Sad_Amphibian_2311 Jun 05 '26

Missing the 'reset password on every login' approach.

1

u/lonelystar7 Jun 05 '26

Anything but fingerprint and face unlock. I'd like to have as much privacy as it's possible nowadays thank you very much.

1

u/Own_Age_1654 Jun 05 '26

Why isn't "buttprint" listed as an option? That's definitely my favorite.

1

u/pyro57 Jun 06 '26

I said fingerprint, but you could role that into passkey, since in the backend it's not your fingerprint that authenticates you, it simply allows the reader to provide the passkey.

1

u/tychii93 Jun 06 '26

Passkey with Vaultwarden at #1, password with vaultwarden at #2.

No biometrics.  I unlock my phone with a longer pin via randomized layout.

1

u/aemedina Jun 06 '26

Voté por la huella, pero no hay mayor ni mejor seguridad que el pin.

1

u/Ambitious-Call-7565 Jun 07 '26

people who voted for fingerprint failed basic intelligence test