Why are passkeys so much safer than passwords? And how exactly does this sorcery work? We go behind the scenes of this still evolving authentication process. Additional factors of authentication, such as the transmission of one time passwords or passcodes OTPs over SMS or email, are widely regarded as band aids to a flawed system and are themselves considered to be insecure. In the majority of implementations, neither SMS nor email involves end to end encryption, and email is particularly...
