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I don't like passkeys

853 points · 819 comments · ethanhawksley

  1. etatester · · focus · HN ↗
    As someone who uses a single password manager on my computer and phone, I don't see the problem with passkeys. I use Safari on both and I never even had to "set up" anything.

    I can see why they would be problematic for people who otherwise live life with a single love2025 password though.

    1. flerchin · · focus · HN ↗
      Imagine you lose your computer and phone. How do you recover your digital accounts? This happens every day to someone. The most common scenario being a house fire or robbery.
      1. karlshea · · focus · HN ↗
        The same way you recover your account when you lose a password.
        1. marcosdumay · · focus · HN ↗
          What benefit does your 128-bits authentication schema gain when anybody can just clone a phone number?

          Or do you demand that the user has an email with that 128-bits authn too, with a key on the same phone that was lost?

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