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I don't like passkeys

853 points · 819 comments · ethanhawksley

elteto · 1789734778 · focus · HN ↗
While the technology itself may be great (I don't really know since I don't use them) it has been co-opted by the tech conglomerates as another form of isolating and walling off users into their ecosystems.
And honestly, nowadays, if tech companies are pushing really hard for something then that is an immediate red flag for me and it bears more scrutiny. One of those "if you see them running that way you run the opposite way".
1. spider-mario · 1789734934 · focus · HN ↗
  It’s a bit ironic that Apple is the one that lets you export them.
  1. rcxdude · 1789735215 · focus · HN ↗
    They're also not supporting device attestation which would allow websites to insist on particular implementations of passkeys.
    dingaling · 1789740445 · focus · HN ↗
    That's more because attestation breaks their passkey cross-device sync process, rather than out of benevolence.

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