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by vgchh 1078 days ago
For a layperson, the passwords are easy to understand and provide enough ways to shoot themselves in the foot. Unless you are an expert, password hygiene can rarely be accomplished.

For a layperson, passkeys are difficult to understand, but provide out-of-the-box hygiene and security.

Passwords are not fine. What we need is better explanation/education of passkeys.

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> Unless you are an expert, password hygiene can rarely be accomplished.

Why? Aren’t built-in password managers such as iCloud Keychain (which also auto-generates secure passwords) enough?

The key advantage of passkeys is phishing immunity.