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GitHub goes passwordless, announces passkeys beta preview
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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So, it's just a password with a different name.
Seriously, what is the functional difference between this and stricter password requirements? I don't see it.
Passkeys use a challenge/response protocol that doesn’t transmit any actual secrets. This makes them phishing resistant as you can’t just “type in your passkey secret” it gitnub .com