On Wed, Jul 30, 2025, at 7:11 PM, Peter Griffin via Silklist wrote:

> Passkeys are one of those things that have felt off to me. But seeing this 
> list talk about it makes me think I need to educate myself about them. I will 
> go search,big course, but if you folx could recommend some basic reading, 
> something a newbie can understand, I would be grateful. (Off-list, perhaps, 
> since this will be old hat to the rest of the list?)

This seems like a good enough place to start: 
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/passkeys-beginners/

The things to remember:

 1. Passkeys are more secure than passwords and are immune to most kins of 
phishing attacks.
 2. You can (and should) create multiple passkeys for the same account - at a 
minimum, one for each device you use to log into that account. It's easy enough 
to revoke/delete them if you (for example) change devices.
 3. You can (and should) store at least one passkey per account in a password 
manager such as bitwarden so you have access to it across devices. Clearly, 
this does not apply to the passkey you use to log into bitwarden. :)
 4. I am happy to provide more detail on the phone if you want.
Udhay

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