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Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords (sentientrant.com)
submitted 6 days ago by sentientRant@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Passkeys are built on the FIDO2 standard (CTAP2 + WebAuthn standards). They remove the shared secret, stop phishing at the source, and make credential-stuffing useless.

But adoption is still low, and interoperability between Apple, Google, and Microsoft isn’t seamless.

I broke down how passkeys work, their strengths, and what’s still missing

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Passkeys are cool but you still need 2fa.

How do you use it then if you need to share access in the whole team?

[–] Doccool@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

You don't share your personal password across the whole team now, do you? At least for your teams sake I hope you don't.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You know that not every account is only used by a single user, right?

[–] Doccool@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think that's the problem right there... If you share accounts across multiple people you have far greater problems than how passkeys work...

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Or they're using it as intended. I've had more than one account I've gotten by cost sharing with friends. That's not a problem, that's a solution.

[–] morriscox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

And it only takes one person with a grudge to cause a problem. I have seen it. I have shared accounts but very carefully and if someone abuses it then they permanently lose access to my stuff even if they are family.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

share your personal password

We share a password. Then we don't call it a personal password anymore. Was that your question?

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s an IAM no-no.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So? Read my question above.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You create unique accounts for every team member so that access can appropriately be logged.

Or you implement a PAM tool that logs access and vaults the password and rotates it after use.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So do you think passkeys are not useful at all for me?

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s not what I said

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org -1 points 5 days ago

Then you said useless things only.

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 5 days ago

Obviously not the personal password, but sometimes you need to share a password. Think about the password for a remote desktop your team may need to connect to for troubleshooting a problem for example.