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  • locuester@lemmy.ziptoTechnology@lemmy.mlWhat the !#@% is a Passkey?
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    11 months ago

    Onboarding new users securely is in the forefront of most minds in my industry because the current standard is a 12 word phrase written on paper, which most users throw in a cloud solution or screenshot.

    The stakes are even higher in crypto where you’re protecting, without recourse, large sums of value. Passkeys are a critically needed solution for my industry. But they need coupled with a social or offline storage recovery mechanism.



  • I’m of the mindset that locally stored keys and/or social solutions are better than throwing all passwords in a single place.

    All passwords for large amounts of people in a single place is begging for a break-in.

    I spend a lot of time studying solutions in this space as I’m a long time crypto solutions dev. Lots of ideas and discussions to be had.

    I’m not disagreeing with you, just having a dialogue.


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    11 months ago

    One doesn’t have to remember dozens. Just a basic algorithm for deriving it from the name of the site. Complex enough that it’s not obvious looking at a couple passwords but easy to remember.

    This method works for me. I understand its dangers (can still correlate. Dozen passwords and figure out the algo). But it’s my current approach. I hate even discussing it since obscurity helps.




  • Yeah the pedo comment was nasty. He was just spouting off because he got his feelings hurt, I can relate to that. He is human and followed up with an apology.

    I have made the mistaken assumption – and I will attempt to be better at this – of thinking that because somebody is on Twitter and is attacking me that it is open season. That is my mistake. I will correct it.

    I have no clue the story with spreading covid lies. So much covid info was and still is very unknown. I’ve seen unintentional lies spread from big names on both sides on that.

    I’m not saying the man is a saint, but hot damn I’d personally go after any politician for being a shitty human before I went after Elon.