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John Siracusa

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Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

There's going to be like one or two accounts on this thing ever.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

I'll just put everything in JSON files.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

Um, and pass keys are great.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

Cause you don't have to store anything.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

The server stores, nothing.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

There's no hashed password.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

You store a public key.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

That's the great thing about pass keys.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

One of the, one of the many great things about pass keys is if there's like a data breach or whatever, all they get is public keys thing, information that is literally public.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

There's nothing in there.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

There's no password hashes on the crack.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

There's certainly no plain text, anything.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

That's the beauty of pass keys.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

I'm like, I have no problem putting, you know, public key pass key stuff in a Jason file and are two, not that anyone cares.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

Um,

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

But then it was like, okay, but how do I make the first account?

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

You know what I mean?

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

Like if it's a website that doesn't let anybody in, but there's no accounts on it, how do I make the first account?

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

I'm like, well, I guess I need like a bootstrap mode where like when there's zero accounts, you get an account creation screen.

Accidental Tech Podcast
676: A Sternly Worded Instruction

But as soon as there's non-zero number of accounts, you get a login screen.