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PyCon AU·George Coldham
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Passkeys: A Human-Centered Redesign of Authentication
An in-depth analysis of authentication failures and the structural limitations of password-based systems, introducing passkeys as a robust, human-centered solution leveraging public-key cryptography.
(George Coldham) Authentication continues to fail not because users ignore security advice, but because our systems rely on humans managing reusable secrets. Despite password managers and multi-factor authentication, phishing and credential theft remain the most common causes of account compromise.