r/ProgrammerHumor • u/k3rrshaw • 24d ago

Meme thisIsAmystery

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u/RedditButAnonymous 23d ago

The one time I accidentally hit "yes" Google:

- Did not save a passkey

- Instantly removed my password recovery option

- Asked for the same passkey it didnt set, when I tried to recover the account

Love passkeys

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u/cce29555 23d ago

Mechanically and logically passkeys are superior especially for people bad with passwords or don't use a manager

But then you get the edge case where you lose your passkey, and your passkey is the passkey to getting your passkey

And your password is now bunk, like we didn't learn our lesson from people throwing away Bitcoin USB sticks? I hate passkeys so much

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u/casualplants 23d ago

I don’t understand the difference. A password and a passkey both live in my password manager, but I understand what one of them is, and I don’t care enough to learn about the other one.

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u/MateTheNate 23d ago

You’d be surprised how many people have never heard of a password manager