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The War on Passwords Is One Step Closer to Being Over (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 months ago by GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (14 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.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 2 months ago

Me too, I don't trust the system and I don't want to be locked into a specific browser and/or device.

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