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How Does WebAuthn Work?

PassageNick on September 20, 2022

In my previous post, I discussed why passwords are problematic at best and a severe security threat at worst. However, you probably currently have ...
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michburkhalter • Edited

Good post on a much neglected topic. What amazes me most is that with Webauthn phishing attacks aren't possible anymore. Even if I login with my YubiKey on a malicious site my original pair of keys is not compromised. How cool is that?

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PassageNick

Agreed -- you couldn't share the information with someone else if you tried. :-)