DannyMac@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agoGitHub goes passwordless, announces passkeys beta previewwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkGitHub goes passwordless, announces passkeys beta previewwww.bleepingcomputer.comDannyMac@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.dev · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoSo, it’s just a password with a different name. Seriously, what is the functional difference between this and stricter password requirements? I don’t see it.
minus-squarerobobrain@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoPasskeys use a challenge/response protocol that doesn’t transmit any actual secrets. This makes them phishing resistant as you can’t just “type in your passkey secret” it gitnub .com
So, it’s just a password with a different name.
Seriously, what is the functional difference between this and stricter password requirements? I don’t see it.
Passkeys use a challenge/response protocol that doesn’t transmit any actual secrets. This makes them phishing resistant as you can’t just “type in your passkey secret” it gitnub .com