Comment by undersuit
7 days ago
>Passwords always require full transmission.
Into a hash algorithm not to a remote server.
>Nothing else available to the average user does.
Literally every person could use a unique password for each login.
7 days ago
>Passwords always require full transmission.
Into a hash algorithm not to a remote server.
>Nothing else available to the average user does.
Literally every person could use a unique password for each login.
We have been trying to get users to use good passwords since passwords were invented, and still haven't managed to get them to use unique passwords. It clearly doesn't work.
> Into a hash algorithm not to a remote server.
You know what MITM is, yes? There are a ton of points between you and that hash algorithm, and any single one immediately and permanently compromises you.
Meanwhile passkeys are completely invulnerable.
Do I know what a man in the middle attack is? You mean one of the focuses of the parent comment? Let's go with a yes.
>Meanwhile passkeys are completely invulnerable.
Not according to the parent comment and the article.
Could.
Available.
And they have been for a long time. It’s still a problem.
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