The reason I asked is because I use 1Password as my password manager, and by default, 1Password stores all your 1Password credentials in the app, including your security key. I thought it was weird and didn’t get the purpose. I also worry that if someone was in my home while the app was open on my desktop, they could steal my credentials. That said, I haven’t removed it, and if I’m honest, I’m not sure that it can be removed with 1Password as it’s the default setting.
In regard to using your biometrics to remember your password, that won’t always work. With most password managers, even if you have biometric authentication enabled, they will ask you for your password at least once a month, if not twice. But I get that it’s still useful.
Curious what you think of banks increasingly requiring biometrics, more specifically face rec.
Before, using biometrics with your banking app was optional, and when you did use it, it would authenticate you with the biometrics that you have to save on your phone. This means that banks didn’t actually have a record of your biometric. However now, I am noticing that banks are no longer satisfied with using the biometrics saved by your phone’s manufacturer, they want to have their own record of it.
Just recently I installed my banking app on a new phone, and I was surprised that they had asked to scan my face. This surprised me because I have never used facial rec to unlock my phone, only fingerprint, but my bank wanted to actually record me and scan my face. When I went to the bank to complain, they told me I had no choice but to comply.