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

  • rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Just don’t take away passwords + TOTP 2FA for those of us who are actually using it correctly.

    • lightsblinken@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      lets just hold the line of “the answer is always username/password + second factor”.

      could be username/password + totp…

      could be username/password + passkey…

      if someone figures out my password, i dont lose everything…

      if someone steals my passkey, i dont lose everything…

      even if i do use the same password for everything, the second factor has it covered.

      (nobody will ever guess my password of ******** anyway!)