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[–] SystemDisc@piefed.world 10 points 12 hours ago (3 children)
[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago

Website wants you to make a passkey, go to login but the entry form only accepts the user name, then you have to click next to password which may or may not accept the passkey.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If they arent on a USB stick, protected against being copied, they are only a single factor that instill false safety.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Depends on the system. The thing where your password manager is managing your passkeys? That's a single factor unless it's doing something tricky that none of them do.
When it's the tpm or a Bluetooth connection to your phone? That's actually two factors, and great.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Can it be copied from your phone? (e.g. by migrating your phone via a backup)
Then it can be compromitted and is essentially a single factor (because some website permit you to login via the key only).
Only if you'd need to completetly renew the key, then it's truly secure.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

Is that FIDO? What's the difference?