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Re:FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move Passke... by troupo on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @03:30AM (#41856498)
> They're in no way different than that random password stored in your password manager

Except in all the ways that matter: they are not accessible to users, they are tied to third-party vendors.

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Re:FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move Passke... by izacus on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @06:09AM (#41857388)
That's an outright lie now, isn't it?
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Re:FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move Passke... by reshlo on Thursday October 17, 2024 @03:15AM (#41867182)
I’ll answer your question with a question: can you memorise your passkey for a given website?
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Re:FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move Passke... by xescure on Friday October 18, 2024 @04:31PM (#41883200)
What’s your point? Can you memorize SSH keys?
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