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  • @IllogicalbitEnglish
    18•7 months ago

    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]English
      17•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.

  • 4gramsEnglish
    14•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.