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1. 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. reddalo · 1789736878 · focus · HN ↗

      Exactly. That's why I'll never use passkeys: they're just another way to force us into a commercial walled garden.

      Passwords with 2FA are simply better and more freedom friendly.

      1. apexalpha · 1789740307 · focus · HN ↗

         I just bought a passkey... It's a USB device, completely separate from any big conglomerates.

         1. reddalo · 1789744788 · focus · HN ↗

            But then you need to phisically carry it along with you everywhere you go, if you want to log into a service :/

            1. finaard · 1789748750 · focus · HN ↗

               That's not the problem for me - I carry a bunch of tokens with me anyway (all my banking stuff is on hardware tokens, for example). My problem is more: My browsers run in containers or VMs, intentionally without hardware access. Getting passkeys to work there would be quite a bit of effort.

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