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Former write-in candidate for Washtenaw County Drain Commissioner. Proudly @wirecutterunion. Senior staff writer at @wirecutter. infosec.exchange/@maxeddy
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Max Eddy is a Junior Software Analyst investigating the latest and greatest apps for Android. Paranoid by nature, he's also keeping an eye on emerging threats and countermeasures at SecurityWatch with Neil Rubenking and Fahmida Rashid. Prior to PCMag, Max wrote for the International Digital Times, The International Science Times, and Geekosystem.com.

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Passkeys Are the New Passwords. You Should Start Using Them Now.

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By Max Eddy Verified
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3 days ago Anthropic recently sent a shock wave through the cybersecurity world when it said its new artificial intelligence model, Claude Mythos, had exhibited an extraordinary ability to find previously unknown vulnerabilities in software — a hacker’s fantasy. Concern over the tool’s power caused Anthropic …
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Passkeys Are the New Passwords. You Should Start Using Them Now.

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By Max Eddy Verified
| Wirecutter Verified
For 15 years, experts have told me that passwords are the biggest problem with online security and that’s just the way it is. The passwords that people make up are easily guessed by machines, and the ones that can’t be guessed are too hard to remember.
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I’m a Security Expert. I Don’t Know Any of My Passwords.

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By Max Eddy Verified
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I have more than 800 online accounts, but I know exactly one password: the key to my password manager. I use the internet professionally; you might not have quite as many accounts to manage. Nevertheless, the idea of moving dozens, if not hundreds, of passwords into a password manager and then changing them all to make them stronger sounds enormously daunting to many people.
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