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?

  • @[email protected]
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    -49 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
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      69 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        9 months ago

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

          • @dezmd
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            9 months ago

            In his imagination by imaginary cloud backup fairies that cover every MFA deployment option.