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Re:Passkeys: A Shattered Dream by vel0city on Friday April 26, 2024 @10:09AM (#40169632)
The fingerprint/faceid is just a local proof to unlock the actual asymmetric encryption key. It is not your actual identifier to the remote server. So if you need to redo your auth, you just rekey and stash the new key in your authenticator (or have your authenticator originate the key material and never expose it to main memory at all).

Think an SSH key protected by a passphrase. Your passphrase isn't the thing that actually logs you into the server, its just what you use to unlock your actual key material you use in your SSH handshake. Your fingerprint/face identity is just your local unlock of the actual key material stored in some other secure enclave.

Re:Passkeys: A Shattered Dream by chrisweekly on Friday April 26, 2024 @01:43PM (#40172151)
thanks, that does help.