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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...
Thank you for the great links, 1P_Dave
And datx — we all believe in an ideal world that we do not yet live. You mention the average user a lot, and I don't think the average user will be ultimately involved in a decision with passkey vs. password.
In the end, the average user will be signing up for an account and logging into an account with just a biometric verification. They ultimately don't care if your browser sends a password over that then the server hopefully only checks against a hash and discards. Or if they do passkey authentication against a public key. The average user just doesn't care. They do their Touch ID or Face ID and are happy they are in the account. That's it.
Technically a password manager filling in password fields has always been a hack. And the filling in and sending of the actual password was never ideal in a technical sense. Passkeys now allow for this process to be smoother and more streamlined. You could say modern.
iCloud Keychain as well as more sophisticated solutions like 1Password are right on track to fulfill this journey with us. But the road ahead is bumpy and very long. Mostly in terms of how to steer the average user in the way of least friction, while retaining maximum security.
