Yep! In fact you can still use client certificates in certain passkey/WebAuthN authentication flows. It’s more or less how Windows Hello for Business works (although X.509 certificates are only one type of key it supports).
Comment on Passkeys might really kill passwords
doubletwist@lemmy.world 8 months agoSo it sounds like basically it’s just client certificates?
IHawkMike@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Basically but with better software and better branding.
Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Basically, but with a separate public/private key pair per login so they aren’t able to link your identity between sites or accounts with it and also synced or stored in a password manager so you don’t lose them.