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Comment by lxgr

Ideally, sure, but the reality is just that some entities are not only reputationally, but also legally required to bear the liability for account takeovers.

In other words, you have a principal-agent problem: Users doing custom software passkey acrobatics and the banks liable for any funds lost.

Preferably, use of attestation should be limited to these (and enterprise) scenarios, and I do share the concern of others starting to use them as weak proofs of humanity etc.

parent lxgr 8 months ago

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