there’s literally zero technical reason that a user couldn’t reset a private key the same as a password. after all, you just pointed out they are almost the same.
edit: if you’d like to see an example create SSH keys for your GitHub account and then reset them
That’s… Literally just a long password.
I assumed you were talking about a private key as in cryptographic private key, where your data is encrypted on the remote server and your private key is required for it to be decrypted and for you to use it.
If you just talking about something to get into an SSH key then all that is is a longer password.
not at all. are you expected to remember it? would it even be possible to memorize for most? not even close to the same thing, passwords have very low entropy which causes all their problems
A password is literally just:
secret data, typically a string of characters, usually used to confirm a user’s identity
A secret key or passcode meets that definition 🤦 You’re most definitely on poor standing here.
A very long password that no one can remember (ie. A key) is still a password. Also are you unaware of the existence of password managers and random password generation…?
