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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A good read and a validation that it’s frequently a good idea to approach new security technologies with caution. The new hotness isn’t always the best thing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Honestly, when I saw "passkeys," my first thought was "vendor lockin." Google and GitHub did it with SSO using OAuth, and they're doing it again with passkeys.

Honestly, this is a "surprised Pikachu" moment for me. The closer you get to convenience, the more the big players will want to lock you in:

  • biometrics
  • voice recognition
  • passkeys

Passwords are hard to lock down because it's easy to switch to something else.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

I love the promise of passkeys but it’s been painfully obvious the promises are just wallpaper over the actual intent which is vendor lockin.