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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meanwhile mobile Firefox doesn't even support YubiKey / FIDO2 for some godforsaken reason.

[–] msage 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm lost on this - is this better than GPG?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

They are really satisfying when they work. I have been impressed by how well they work cross platform in the new bitwarden. It even worked from Android one time with a key made on windows! However, I dread when my mom tells me she needs help with an account and I can't do anything because the key is on her iOS Keychain I don't have access to

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is the difference between a crypto wallet and a passkey?

Is it just that a passkey has less functionality (and therfore better usability)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Passkeys are for logging into websites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Passkeys seem to be equivalent to public addresses of blockchain wallets.

I think the main difference is that passkey are recoverable but blockchain wallet keys are private

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