What is a Passkey?

⚛️ A new, more secure, more convenient alternative to passwords.

⚛️ Passkeys
Passkeys are a replacement for password-based authentication using cryptography instead. Passkeys are more convenient, and more secure than traditional passwords. There’s nothing to remember, and nothing for a hacker to steal.

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Chapters
0:00 What is a Passkey?
0:40 Passwords and phrases
1:35 Passkey
1:50 A conceptual overview
2:40 Key pairs
3:00 Public and Private
5:40 Public key authentication
7:15 SSH
8:00 Passkeys and public key authentication
9:00 Passkeys are extra unique
9:45 Passkey setup
13:00 How can this be secure?

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