On this episode of The Vergecast, we figure out passkeys once and for all.

Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing… that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?

  • Vordimous@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    9 months ago

    All of that and the IRS will still ask what street your first pets mom died on.

    • sobriquetEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Ah, yes, D7k3y2mHy5lZhbyHa St, I remember it well.