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GitHub goes passwordless, announces passkeys beta preview (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My understanding is that these passkeys can be securely synced - either via your device cloud (e.g. iCloud), or hopefully soon via your password manager. So not that different in terms of UX than current 2FA, but more secure in the backend.