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Comment by _wbpr

> Passkeys are grotesquely insecure.

Lockout is a real risk, but there is nothing insecure about passkeys. Private keys stored on the secure enclave + biometrics or passcode before any signature is produced + origin binding mogs a static string and a 6-digit TOTP (often generated with a secret key outside the secure enclave) that can be phished and entered from anywhere. Also, in many (possibly the majority) of scenarios where someone is locked out of their passkeys, they’d also be locked out of TOTPs and passwords.

> The only possible way to consider them more secure is if phishing attacks were more common and more damaging than lockout

You’d be surprised.

parent _wbpr 1 month ago

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