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by darkhorn 352 days ago
What is passkey? I refuse anything that is not standardized? Aren't WebAuth or/and FIDO2 enough?
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Passkey is what programs aimed at people without favorite Linux distros call WebAuthn+FIDO2(+CTAP2+the rest of the stack you've probably already heard of).
It’s the same thing: https://fidoalliance.org/passkeys/
Passkey is a "brand name" for consumers of common workflows under existing WebAuthn+FIDO2 standards. It needed a consumer-oriented brand name because FIDO2 sounds like someone was bad at naming their dog and WebAuthn looks like a cat walked on someone's keyboard. Passkey isn't that much better as a name, but it is better.