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About Public Key Cryptography (May 2023 Update)
Manage episode 364319761 series 2715410
Passkeys use something called public key cryptography. They have your public key. And because it’s public, it doesn’t matter if anyone gets it. That public key and your private key combine to validate who you are.
But how does that work? Wouldn’t they have to know something besides the public key that’s unique to you? No. That’s the brilliance of it.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Link to show notes here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
137 episodes
Manage episode 364319761 series 2715410
Passkeys use something called public key cryptography. They have your public key. And because it’s public, it doesn’t matter if anyone gets it. That public key and your private key combine to validate who you are.
But how does that work? Wouldn’t they have to know something besides the public key that’s unique to you? No. That’s the brilliance of it.
Featuring Tom Merritt.
Link to show notes here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
137 episodes
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