Hacker News with Generative AI: Passkeys

UK rolls out passkeys across Gov.uk services (biometricupdate.com)
As multinational corporations like Microsoft and Amazon move to passkeys, governments are also making the transition.

Security, Government, Passkeys, Biometrics

25 points by giuliomagnifico 17 hours ago | 12 comments

Show HN: Hanko – Open-Source Auth and User Management for the Passkey Era (hanko.io)
Quickly integrate Hanko’s embeddable components and APIs to get a secure and modern login for your app. From passwords all the way to passkeys, 2FA, and SSO. Finally an auth solution that scales – without breaking the bank. And it’s open source.

Open Source, Security, Authentication, User Management, Passkeys

11 points by FlxMgdnz 88 days ago | 2 comments

Passkey marketing is lying to you (it's actually really simple) (smokingonabike.com)
Two years ago, Ars Technica published an article about how Passkeys are finally here and provide a better experience than passwords.

Passkeys, Security, Marketing, Technology

26 points by coldpie 125 days ago | 24 comments

Passkey technology is elegant, but it's most definitely not usable security (arstechnica.com)
It's that time again, when families and friends gather and implore the more technically inclined among them to troubleshoot problems they're having behind the device screens all around them. One of the most vexing and most common problems is logging into accounts in a way that's both secure and reliable.

Security, Technology, Passkeys, User Experience

377 points by Flimm 130 days ago | 361 comments

Passkeys are primarily about vendor lock-in (ycombinator.com)
With Microsoft's latest admission that they're FORCING everybody to use passkeys, it really gives one a moment of pause to reflect.

Security, Passkeys, Microsoft, Vendor Lock-in

20 points by srevenant 141 days ago | 12 comments

Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push (theregister.com)
Microsoft last week lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success.

Microsoft, Passkeys, Security, Passwords

7 points by ajdude 141 days ago | 1 comments

Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push (theregister.com)
Microsoft last week lauded the success of its efforts to convince customers to use passkeys instead of passwords, without actually quantifying that success.

Microsoft, Passkeys, Security, Technology, Cybersecurity

4 points by rntn 142 days ago | 2 comments

Amazon says 175M customer now use passkeys to log in (bleepingcomputer.com)
Amazon has seen massive adoption of passkeys since the company quietly rolled them out a year ago, announcing today that over 175 million customers use the security feature.

Amazon, Passkeys, Security, Cybersecurity

11 points by rntn 205 days ago | 14 comments

FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move passkeys across providers (fidoalliance.org)
The FIDO Alliance has published a working draft of a new set of specifications for secure credential exchange that, when standardized and implemented by credential providers, will enable users to securely move passkeys and all other credentials across providers.

Security, Passkeys, Standards, Technology, Web Authentication

225 points by Terretta 206 days ago | 274 comments

Introducing passkey support to Fastmail (fastmail.com)

Email, Security, Passkeys

82 points by archb 268 days ago | 115 comments

Safari 18 can automatically transition users to passkeys [video] (apple.com)

Safari, Passkeys, Security, Technology, Web Browsers

42 points by stpn 331 days ago | 63 comments

Show HN: OSS Auth0 Alternative Ory Kratos Now with Full PassKey Support (github.com/ory)