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by bunga-bunga 1088 days ago
> passkeys are a much better and easier method

Disagree. This isn't possible with passkeys:

- logging into a service with email and brain-stored password from any device

With passkeys, your phone becomes your password, so don't break it, lose it, let it die, forget it in the car, become too old, let your kids use it, etc

> “tap this button to magically log in” method

That only works if the device you tap it on is the same device with the key, while that's not always the way for many people (sync may or may not be set up or active)

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you either can remember all your passwords and then you are fucked or you use a pass manager

passkeys will be stored in a pass manager and they can be recovered with device pin and master pass, I think they will be exportable too

so yes, you can log in with brain stored stuff

I guess you need a device to log in? then you log in to your pass manager and you can log in to anywhere

only this way you have to remember a passcode and a master pass, not 1000 passwords and you need your master pass 5x/10 years and your passcode every other day and you log in with your device and your biometrics

passkeys have issues but what you are saying is pure shit