Passkeys are built on the FIDO2 standard (CTAP2 + WebAuthn standards). They remove the shared secret, stop phishing at the source, and make credential-stuffing useless.

But adoption is still low, and interoperability between Apple, Google, and Microsoft isn’t seamless.

I broke down how passkeys work, their strengths, and what’s still missing

  • artyom@piefed.social
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    7 hours ago

    No, you can store them in a password manager. That’s what I do. Doesn’t always work though. Sometimes my browser is prompted for the passkey instead, for reasons I don’t understand.