Re: OT: Passkey usage
Charles Dennett <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general |
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On 8/13/26 5:15 PM, Barry wrote: > > >> On 13 Aug 2026, at 21:52, Robert McBroom via users <[email protected]> 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? > > From my understanding… > > For each site you generate a unique passkey, so sharing is not a thing. > > Passwords require the site to store a secret that can be stolen. > Passkey stores the secret on the client device so hacking the site does not give access to your secret. > > Barry > > I've stared using passkeys where they are supported. I have Bitwarden installed on my desktop, phone (Android) and Chromebook with extensions installed in the browsers I use for managing and using passkeys and passwords. For those places where I use passkeys, I can still log in with the password. So, how would one go about disabling passwords so that only passkeys can be used (for those sites that support them, of course)? Charlie -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new