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What am I missing with passkeys?
I am finally getting around to putting passkeys into action.. but something isn't adding up.
As a low risk test, I added a passkey to a bestbuy account. Started up an incognito session, and logge...
We are in the early staged of Passkey implementation by services. Most services will fall back to the password you picked if no Passkey is available. Most services will also allow you to reset your passkey/password via an email sent to you.
Passkeys themselves do not solve such issues. In time, as adoption grows higher, there will be a consensus in the industry on how to deal with this. But once again, we are very early right now.
Even so, a password as a fallback is not really an issue. If you are concerned about a service that handles it in this way, simply pick a new very secure password and then never use it again. A secure and strong password that's not being used is still very secure.
Be sure to write in to any service where you feel their account security could use a boost. Feedback is important. Also never forget that many services give back account access by mere customer support interaction, meaning social engineering into accounts is still the most problematic thing out there.
Passkeys are a better implementation for account logins, but they do not solve all the problems of account security.
