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“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.

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[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 55 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (20 children)

Literally just use a password manager and 2/MFA. It’s not a problem. We have a solution.

[–] huginn@feddit.it 23 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

Never forget that technologically speaking you're nothing like the average user. Only 1 in 3 users use password managers. Most people just remember 1 password and use it everywhere (or some other similarly weak setup).

Not remembering passwords is a huge boon for most users, and passkeys are a very simple and secure way of handling it.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 20 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I work for multiple organizations. The majority of which have a Google sheet with their passwords in that are

      c0mpanyname2018! 

Those that aren't are

       pandasar3cute123? 
[–] huginn@feddit.it 2 points 21 hours ago
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