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Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords (sentientrant.com)
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Passkeys are built on the FIDO2 standard (CTAP2 + WebAuthn standards). They remove the shared secret, stop phishing at the source, and make credential-stuffing useless.

But adoption is still low, and interoperability between Apple, Google, and Microsoft isn’t seamless.

I broke down how passkeys work, their strengths, and what’s still missing

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[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

What am I dependent on to access by stuff if I use a passkey? A smart phone?

[-] artyom@piefed.social 3 points 5 months ago

No, you can store them in a password manager. That's what I do. Doesn't always work though. Sometimes my browser is prompted for the passkey instead, for reasons I don't understand.

[-] mbirth@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

But what do you do with your Passkey in your password manager if you have to login on another device (you don't own)?

[-] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You use something else. Preferably TOTP.

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