Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Passwords are dangerous — they’re stolen, leaked and breached.

Passkeys offer stronger protection than passwords—and they have the potential to eliminate passwords altogether if more people adopt them. We break it all down and show you how to get started. I ...

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in terms of cybersecurity bad news this week, the FBI has revealed a staggering database of 630 million compromised passwords from multiple devices ...

Such a series of cyberattacks exposed sensitive data for billions of users and led to enormous reputational damage, fines and lawsuits when full details emerged years later. Even experts say that ...