Beirut-Based Startup Myki Wants To Improve Cybersecurity - Forbes Middle EastMyki co-founders Antoine Jebara (left) and Priscilla Sharuk. Photo: Courtesy of Myki Passwords are a company's first line of defense against hackers, but are often the weakest. Beirut-based Myki wants to change that with its password management tool in a region where cybersecurity is still an afterthought.
Myki rolls out a password manager that locks all your info away on your phoneEverything is getting hacked to the point that it's getting kind of ridiculous - and everyone needs to have secure passwords. The trouble, however, is making them tough to crack and also being able to remember them. That's led to a blossoming ecosystem of password management services like OnePassword.
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I have been using Myki for ~6 months now. Myki is an excellent password app that has all the major features of the more popular apps with one big added bonus - it's essentially 2 factor authentication for all of your stored passwords, because you must have your phone with you to fill passwords on your computer (more on this later).
Here's a quickie on how Myki works: You're using your laptop. You navigate to a website and need to fill in your password. A Myki prompt pops up, you click it, and then a notification shows on your phone to grant access. Tap "Grant" on your phone, use your fingerprint to authorize, and you're done! Myki fills the password on your computer.
I've used 1Password for a long time now and generally think they are the best of the "big" password managers. However, I don't like the idea that if anyone stole my computer, they could try to guess my master password and then have access to all of my sensitive data. With Myki, they would need my computer AND my phone. You cannot get Myki to fill a password just from the Chrome extension, like 1Password, you always have to authenticate on your phone.
Myki also stores passwords locally, which is a big plus for those of us worried about cloud hacks.
We all know we have a big weakness in passwords. Randomly generated passwords via 1Password are great and help make our accounts more secure, but you still have to come up with a master password that you easily remember & type, which means it's likely that the password you need to be MOST SECURE is the EASIEST to guess! D'oh! Myki eliminates that inherent conflict by using your fingerprint as the passcode.
On a final note, there are a few bugs in Myki since it's so new. But I keep an eye on the release notes, and they've been frequently knocking out bugs and improving the app. I run 1Password alongside it right now for convenience, but eventually once Myki has really built out its platform, I plan to fully switch over. I'd highly recommend you check this out, especially if you're a cyber-security freak like myself (which, who shouldn't be lately- gotta hodl those bubbly bitcoins).
Myki has become an indispensable tool in my day-to-day life. Now with the credit card integration i'm also using myki during my online shopping. Can't wait to see what's yet to come.
Marylynn P. Antaki has used this product for one year.
@antoinejebara seems similar to Toopher and others who have tried this. The sites still however have a username and password that can be compromised if that site is breached. I'm not sure how you're fixing that, you are making security much more convenient for the common person and increasing the use of 2FA. All good things.
With Myki, you can share access to your accounts with anyone without revealing your password. And whenever you decide to revoke access, the account will be removed from the user's phone and he will be signed out from any device he's logged into.
It was about time Myki was hunted on Product Hunt and shared to all the community. I've been using Myki for quite some time now and I think it's by far the best password manager i've ever tried. And trust me i've tried quite a few since i've been suffering from one thing I think all millennial suffer from: an abundance of passwords and no memory recollection after creating them. Several services offered by the app have seduced me from the start like the remote logout, which I very often use when I forget to sign out from my accounts on my work desktop, and the automatic password generator which i use to make sure my password are strong enough. The best feature is the sharing center, where I can easily share my accounts without even revealing the passwords to the person i shared them to. How awesome is that. I also like the mood and vibes the app send you with its dark theme, it feels like i'm in the inside of a very secure and well hidden vault.
Myki is to traditional password managers what bitcoin is to traditional banking. You are in full possession of your own passwords/money. We've been using Myki at Shakepay for a while and we love it. Well done!