“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.

“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.

  • devfuuu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    And we all remember the huge drama about it because they allowed for taking the keys out and backup them up.

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      I think a big part of it was exporting them plain text by default. I’m in the “I know what I’m doing” camp but I guess for someone who doesn’t that sort of handholdy stuff not allowing the export them without encryption stuff makes sense.