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Why are we still using passwords? Why can’t all login be done with asymmetric keys: your public keys are stored on the server, your private keys on the device.
by elwebmaster 11mo ago
Why are we still using passwords? Why can’t all login be done with asymmetric keys: your public keys are stored on the server, your private keys on the device. Carry a backup pair on your USB and treat it as a key to your house. Any of them got lost? Just delete the respective public key from the service.
- magackame 11mo agoThat's passkeys. Google and Microsoft are pushing in that direction.
- elwebmaster 11mo agoI have never seen a website where I can sign up without a password and using only email and passkey. Is there one? All websites treat passkeys as an “add-on” to the passwords of the last century. Totally backwards thinking.
- mrweasel 11mo agoHow are you going to sign in and delete the public key, if you lost the private key? This is exactly why so many do not want passkey, the recovery options aren't exactly great.
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