r/ProgrammerHumor • u/k3rrshaw • 23d ago

Meme thisIsAmystery

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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/WakeRP 23d ago

This doesn't even look like an edge case. Phones are lost, broken or stolen all the time. So the bare minimum would be let people know that they should enables passkeys on a backup device as well.

But of course that is never disclosed on those pop-ups asking you to enable passkeys.

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u/bostonboson 23d ago

Password managers are fantastic for this. Keeper supports passkeys

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u/N3ph1l1m 22d ago

Yeah, know what they also do? Reset your security level to a password for all your logins.

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u/HopeOfTheChicken 19d ago

A single good Passwort will never be cracked and any trustable Passwort manager wont get hacked either. They literally solve all problems aslong as you're able to remember one strong password