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

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Why? Passwords are already used a lot less that they would need to be if we didn't have things like OAuth tokens, the FIDO2 protocol for 2FA devices, biometrics, etc.

Why should I have to type a password to authenticate myself to a website when I've already authenticated myself to the device I'm using and it can present the web site with credentials that prove in who I claim to be?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think this makes sense for many low impact scenarios, but there's always going to be a set of services that I dont want to trust to the same provider. For me its my bank, even though passwords have plenty of flaws, and i am trusting my phone to protect tap pay tokens, i would never link my bank login to my google account so I use a memorized password.

of course this is tinfoil hat territory because a threat to my passcodes would probably involve breaking the security systems on android.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I think passcodes currently get consolidated with an entity like Google, but I've read Bitwarden is adding support for them. It definitely won't be an issue long term.