Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing… that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?
How do you remember 70+ different password+username combinations?
Or do you just re-use passwords…
I have a system of pattern for every new password. So I just have to remember the pattern of things (a pseudo algorithm) that I use to generate new password. I won’t say that it’s uncrackable. But, works for me. And I don’t think anyone care enough to go after my passwords.
The problem I have with a system like that is it doesn’t account for leaked passwords/data breaches.
When you find one of those services has had a data breach and your password was compromised; you’ve now gotta adjust your mental algorithm to make an entirely different pattern, either for every site, or you’ve gotta remember each of the changes you’ve made for specific sites.
Long term it turns into a mess.