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GitHub goes passwordless, announces passkeys beta preview (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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

So, it's just a password with a different name.

Seriously, what is the functional difference between this and stricter password requirements? I don't see it.

[–] robobrain 7 points 1 year ago

Passkeys use a challenge/response protocol that doesn’t transmit any actual secrets. This makes them phishing resistant as you can’t just “type in your passkey secret” it gitnub .com