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#998Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need to click on the link that is in the post: https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/one-step-clos... > Instead, your phone will store a FIDO credential called a passkey which is used to unlock your online account. The passkey makes signing in far more secure, as it’s based on public key cryptography and is only shown to your online account when you unlock your phone. It looks like a token stored on your…
Why not call it a private key then, we've been handling those since the 70's. They don't need to be rebranded, they need to be taught in high school with the same words we've always used to talk about them.
The simplified terminology is not for you or I as technologists. It is for the general consumer market. Yes, public/private key cryptography has been a thing for decades, but it has been out of reach for the consumer market. The whole passkey idea is to reduce the technical and cognitive friction to make it a viable replacement for passwords.
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#999The paragraph in the section, "What are passkeys?" tells me that they: are new, are easier, let me use biometrics, and are resistant to attacks. But, it doesn't tell me what passkeys actually are. Compare passkeys to traditional authentication factors. What's a password? A secret word or phrase that only you know. What are biometrics? Parts of your body that can help uniquely identify you, like your fingerprint or re…
You need to click on the link that is in the post: https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/one-step-clos... > Instead, your phone will store a FIDO credential called a passkey which is used to unlock your online account. The passkey makes signing in far more secure, as it’s based on public key cryptography and is only shown to your online account when you unlock your phone. It looks like a token stored on your…
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#1000Lots of uncritical media coverage out their and to be fair, I am also quite hyped about killing passwords. Nevertheless there is certain aspects that I believe did not get enough attention yet, the biggest potentially being the switch from knowledge to possession factors.. not sure whether everyone is aware of the potential implications.
Some critical notes on Passkeys: https://www.jbspeakr.cc/fido-passkeys/