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Re:FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move Passke... by mzhaase on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @05:54AM (#41857306)
They are different from passwords in that they are never send over the web. They are a private key used to sign a challenge from the site.
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Re:FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move Passke... by dustyventure on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @03:32PM (#41862919)
The private keys are not sent to the relying party yet TFA is about a spec to send them over the web.
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