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ethin a day ago

> And yet you love passkeys?

Yes. The security benefit can't be overstated.

> How much will you love them when you're locked out of something you can't do without?

I certainly wouldn't be happy if this did happen, but it would be my stupidity (or the stupidity of those who implemented it on the service/platform where the problem occurred) which I would blame more than the fault of the tool. I do keep all passkeys in Bitwarden now so that's something at least.

jmull a day ago | parent [-]

> The security benefit can't be overstated.

Security benefit appears strongly overstated. Compared to using a password manager (including generated secure passwords for each account), there isn't a significant security benefit. passkeys require using a manager as well, so there isn't much point.

> ...but it would be my stupidity...

All people are stupid sometimes. A security flow that doesn't account for this very well isn't a very good security flow.

(Related: everyone tends to be unlucky eventually, and, unfortunately, everyone becomes incapacitated/dies eventually. Security flows need to account for these as well. Not to mention that in my experience, no software company continues to offer a quality service at a reasonable price forever. You're lucky to get 10 years. Having access to my accounts tied to a single piece of software is likely to become a big pain at some point.)

flumpcakes a day ago | parent [-]

> passkeys require using a manager as well, so there isn't much point.

No they don't. I use hardware passkeys for all my important accounts. It's extremely easy.

nulltype 13 hours ago | parent [-]

I think this is probably one of the reasons people have very different passkey experiences. Hardware passkeys are great and software ones appear to be less great.