Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they? \ stacker news ~security

Here's why they really should

I have been playing around with passkeys, or as they are formally known, discoverable credentials.

Think of passkeys as a replacement of passwords. They are defined in the Web Authentication (WebAuthn) specification of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). This work evolved from several prior efforts including those of the FIDO alliance (FIDO = Fast Identity Online).

My quick take on passkeys is that they are a good idea, and if we could convince the world to use them instead of passwords, we would all be much better off. Phishing in particular should take a big hit if they are widely adopted. But I fear that this isn’t likely to happen, for reasons that I will explain in a moment.

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 18 Nov

Please! I am tired of passwords everything everywhere needs a password

103 sats \ 0 replies \ @eroc1990 18 Nov

The more and more we see adoption on mainstream sites, the better. I already have quite a few sites that allow passkeys to be used in the authentication chain, but not yet as the sole factor for most sites. I'm optimistic that it will, in fact, take a greater foothold in the coming couple of years.