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Comment by malfist

> They have to be transmitted.

What do you image happens with passkeys?

> They (or their hash) have to be stored.

What do you image happens with passkeys?

> If your entire database is stolen, it’s useless. No one else can login with your credentials because they don’t have the private key.

From the consumer, do you imagine a hacker has my key to unlock my password database?

From a service provider, do you imagine they are not using encryption at rest?

> Cryptography is the solution in passkeys are the implementation.

Do you imagine cryptography is not used with passwords?

parent malfist 26 days ago

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