Re: OT: Passkey usage

Samuel Sieb <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/13/26 1:51 PM, Robert McBroom via users wrote:
> Lots of sites are promoting the use of a generated passkey vs a 
> password. Some mention of using a passkey generated for site A on site 
> B. Seems to be tied to the device. How is this better than a password?

It's more secure in some ways.

> Doesn't seem to be as useful as a password generator and keeper. The 
> mechanism for using a passkey on multiple devices is not clear.

You generally can't.

> Is there somewhere these pros and cons are discussed?
A search for "passkey vs password" gives a lot of references.

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