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Comment by Paradigma11

5 days ago

If the password database of the website is hacked the attacker knows your password for that very website. With passkeys he knows your public key.

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Dylan16807  5 days ago

Let's assume I generated the password and that the site is at least using md5 for password storage. Now the attacker does not get my password by breaching.

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