Aren't passkeys just passwords but numbers? Like passnumbers?
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2025
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Ok I see a lot if discussion on this topic but no one seems to have mentioned the main feature of the spec that makes them phishing resistant: presence detection. This is what makes FIDO resistant to credential replay. The spec is not perfect but it prevents most common phishing attacks.
Yeah totally not going to be misused by corporations with proprietary cryptographic-algorithm