“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.

  • Echo Dot
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    110 hours ago

    I think you actually have to buy a passkey device. Then configure it to work with a particular account.

    You plug the passkey into your computer and then whenever it asks for a password you literally touch it and it does its thing. I think there are options like biometrics that you can add on top but you don’t have to have that.

      • xor
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        16 hours ago

        …except the ones that can’t

        I think it depends on whether you have a TPM chip in it

        • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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          12 hours ago

          What are you talking about? KeepassXC, to my knowledge, is not dependent on any TPM, snd it does support passkeys.

          • xor
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            -155 minutes ago

            devices themselves can act as passkeys

            I didn’t say a device needs a TPM to support passkeys - I said I believe it it needs one to be a passkey

            Thank you for your passive aggressive response caused by poor reading comprehension, though

            • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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              144 minutes ago

              From what I understand, “passkey” refers to software, so no such thing as “device being a passkey”. Unlike a hardware key.

    • @NateNate60@lemmy.world
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      59 hours ago

      If that’s what’s needed, I can say with some certainty that adoption isn’t going to be picking up any time this decade.

      • Echo Dot
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        17 hours ago

        They’ve been around forever as a concept I think I even have one for accessing some servers at work. You’re right no one uses them.