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Introducing Passkey Support

Fission, May 19, 2023

This post describes and explains passkeys - the secure replacement for passwords that I've mentioned a few times previously. If you follow the link to the open distributed data (ODD) demonstration, you can try it out for yourself. Find the link create an identity, upload a photo to IPFS. Create an identity (specifically, a DID (but you don't need to know that)) in Firefox, open it in Chrome (or vice versa). All your login information stays on your computer (and one of the advantages of passkeys is that you're not locked to this specific device - you can (and should) create another copy of your account on another device.

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