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Comment by torstenvl

> To an individual, the greatest risks are instead permanent account lockout, automated account bans, and device loss. By using passkeys, you gain better security against man-in-the-middle attacks but face the higher probability scenario of losing access to your accounts.

I'm glad to see this view becoming more mainstream. Passkeys are grotesquely insecure.

The only possible way to consider them more secure is if phishing attacks were more common and more damaging than lockout, which is so implausible that I reject the idea that someone could take that position in good faith.

parent torstenvl 1 month ago

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