• ck_@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    They are not better than hardware keys (since they are basically software versions of physical hardware keys), but at least better than passwords.

    That is not technically correct. Passkey is a protocol first and foremost, and the way it is implemented is up to the vendor. Can be software, eg. Apple, Google, Bitwarden, etc, but you can as well use a hardware key, eg. Yubikey has Passkey support for quite a while now.

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      1 year ago

      The reason why I said that is because they are currently only stored in the cloud. It’s not like hardware and passkeys function differently. It’s just that a physical key (that you have) is more secure than having it on some companies computers.