Passkeys are awesome and I use them whenever possible. They should replace passwords and 2fa as soon as possible and that day can't come too soon.
-- Charles On Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 2:51 PM Martin Senftleben via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 30.07.25 um 08:44 schrieb Sriram Karra via Silklist: > > > In my day job I work on supporting passkeys as a way to access online > > services. Passkeys are designed as an easier and more secure alternative > > to passwords. They have been around for a few years now and I hope many > > of you have encountered them in the wild. > > You can say that. Somewhere I was offered to create a passkey, and I > did. Now I don't remember where it was, and I don't know what happened > to the passkey (if it is somewhere on my PC or...). I had hoped to be > able to access the website/-service easily from my smartphone, but since > I forgot for which website or service (Google?) it was created, this > didn't materialize. > I know passkeys are the better way to access web services, but I don't > know how to handle them (yet). I find it rather confusing. All that may > be due to my age (almost 67 isn't that old, but I have some health > issues which also seem to have an effect on my memory). > For every new thing I do I need to take notes in order to be able to > retrace steps etc., but I didn't do that for the passkey. Hence: I > encountered it in the wild some months or years ago, and lost its trace... > > So that is my experience with passkeys. :-) > > Regards, > > Martin-- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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