Passkeys are generally available on GitHub - eviltoast
  • SorteKanin@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    Standard MFA (time based codes) is not phishing resistant. Users can be social engineered into giving up a password and MFA token.

    So basically this is just idiot-proofing the system. If you aren’t the type of person to give your password or MFA token to another person, then passkeys don’t really make better security.

    • whosdadog@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      It also allows you to login without someone visually observing your password while typing it on a keyboard or on an untrusted device that could have a keylogger.