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What is from software perspective difference between passkey and Physical FIDO2 Hardware Key?
Hey guys, what is the difference between a passkey and a HW key. Some websites like Facebook or even 1Password.com already offers to add FIDO2 compatible HW keys as 2nd Factor (not for primary login,...
I'm very curious about this topic, but not from the hardware key vs software key debate.
Would it be possible to generate your own passkey and then pretend it was a hardware key to submit through webauthn for website that don't support passkey, but support hardware keys? How do websites know you are using a passkey vs a hardware key?
