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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by moffkalast on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @04:15PM (#35807173)
From what I can find the word passkey is just a synonym for password. So yes, none of this makes any sense.
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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by psychphysic on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @04:58PM (#35807702)
It makes sense if you want to move from two factor authentication to just the second factor while making it seem new and cool?

It seems to be smoke and mirrors for you register a bunch of TPM/HSM.

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by guenthert on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @07:31PM (#35809268)
Don't be so quick to dismiss it. Afaiu, (one of) the problems they intend to address is the (all too common) case of breach of security at the server where large number of passwords are stolen. The public part of a passkey, i.e. the one stored on the server, is worthless to an adversary.
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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by psychphysic on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:28AM (#35811878)
I think it's a great change but I am critical of the way it's being marketed.
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