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Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more (world.hey.com)
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[–] Spotlight7573 7 points 2 months ago

And the fewer times that people are entering their password or email/SMS-based 2FA codes because they're using passkeys, the less of an opportunity there is to be phished, even if the older authentication methods are still usable on the account.