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Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing... that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?

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[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev -4 points 8 months ago

A huge amount of people use the same password everywhere.

It's much easier for someone to get your password than your phone.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

And it’s much easier for me to lose or break my phone than it is to lose my password.

[-] Lmaydev@programming.dev -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's automatically backed up. This is no different than MFA in that regard. Which I hope you're using.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Backed up to where and to who?

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