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by heavymark 1381 days ago
We went from having one password used on most all sites to having unique random passwords for each site saved in a password manager. But of course those are all accessible then via a single , traditional memorable easy to type ‘single’ password. Yes requires access to one’s devices and helps avoid phishing and all other benefits but just interesting. With passkeys assuming one still uses a password manager to manage the keys (since otherwise if your devices were lost or stolen you’d be screwed) then all your passkeys are stil behind a regular memorable easy to type password and a computer password that is also by nature a memorable password, etc. There are again still lots of benefits for the new method and help avoid the most common issues for people currently so none of this is bad but more good to realize you still have a password in general just one to manage them all.