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The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over (www.wired.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

I still have no idea how to use passkeys. It doesn't seem obvious to the average user.

I tried adding a passkey to an account, and all it does is cause a Firefox notification that says "touch your security key to continue with [website URL]". It is not clear what to do next.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

After my password manager auto filled a password and logged me in the website said "Tired of remembering passwords? Want to add a passkey?" I didn't know what it meant so I said no lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I think you actually have to buy a passkey device. Then configure it to work with a particular account.

You plug the passkey into your computer and then whenever it asks for a password you literally touch it and it does its thing. I think there are options like biometrics that you can add on top but you don't have to have that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Devices themselves can act as passkeys too - I.e. your phone, laptop etc...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

...except the ones that can't

I think it depends on whether you have a TPM chip in it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

What are you talking about? KeepassXC, to my knowledge, is not dependent on any TPM, snd it does support passkeys.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Thanks for clarifying

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If that's what's needed, I can say with some certainty that adoption isn't going to be picking up any time this decade.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

They've been around forever as a concept I think I even have one for accessing some servers at work. You're right no one uses them.