Re:Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth The...
by jesseendahl on Monday January 06, 2025 @07:30PM
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Indeed — I am arguing that 99% of normal everyday folks using passkeys also do not need to understand passkeys.
Re:Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth The...
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @02:18AM
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Difference is, passwords break like normal things people are used to. Passkeys break like some alien technology from fifth dimension, there is no reference to everyday experience for the one thing people need to understand, which is how to not mishandle auth on their end, and how to recover when they invariably do mishandle it.
Those are implementation details that they need not to care about. Password hashing is about mitigating the consequences of you the account provider screwing up. I know, technology and finance are special, in that the more a service provider fucks up, the more it is your fault somehow (see: "identity theft") - but most people didn't get that memo.