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I don't like passkeys

853 points · 819 comments · ethanhawksley

  1. kenrick95 · · focus · HN ↗
    Passkeys have a marketing problem where no one is able to describe simply what it is without having to use technical jargon. There's also the problem where each OS tries too hard in pushing this to the face of end-user
    1. etatester · · focus · HN ↗
      It's a key, what else do non-technical people need to know?

      Ironically on macOS we used to have an app called Keychain which unfortunately was effectively renamed to Passwords for non-technical users.

      1. arwineap · · focus · HN ↗
        The keychain and passwords app are separate and keychain still exists

        I always operated under the assumption that the passwords app was just a more casual view into the keychain

        Maybe that's a bad assumption

        1. joombaga · · focus · HN ↗
          They're separate stores. I was under the same assumption until I tried to use `security` to get a saved password. It doesn't work, and as far as I know there is no CLI for the Passwords app's store.
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