Re: OT: Passkey usage
Robert McBroom via users <[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. > Keep getting prompted by some sites to use a passkey from another device. As I use a number of different devices I would need that functionality. That seems to belie the secret being on the client device. -- _______________________________________________ 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