A passkey whose private key a provider such as Google Password Manager or Apple iCloud Keychain encrypts and copies between a person's devices. Device-bound passkeys support attestation, but synced ones don't.
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Terms in this definition
- Passkey
A passwordless sign-in credential based on FIDO that resists phishing. The private half of the key pair never leaves the person's device or hardware key, while the website or app stores just the public half; a passkey may be synced across devices or tied to a single one.
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searchablefor full text,retrievableto return it,filterablefor exact-match$filter,sortable,facetablefor counts, andkeyfor the unique document ID. - Provider
The organisation that shares data in OpenSharing. Recipients also see a provider as a Unity Catalog securable, from which shares can be mounted as catalogs.