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Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords (sentientrant.com)

submitted 2 months ago by sentientRant@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Engywuck@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 months ago (7 children)

No, thanks. I'll keep using password+2FA and I hope that passkeys never become "mandatory".

[–] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Thanks to our dystopian hellscape we live in it'll become mandatory just like useless online ids. I hate having to explain passkeys to my family. Some fuckface suit who doesn't use it properly pushed for a portfolio addition.

[–] Sl00k@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

What portfolio does passkeys push?

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