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Comment · 1 year ago
Who is responsible for preventing a child from running into a busy road and being hit by a car? And why, on the internet, does that responsibility seem to fall on everyone else?
Comment · 2 years ago
Shouldn’t Windows just show a huge warning explaining the implications of such actions when a user who has never used the Windows Run function nor PowerShell suddenly attempts to run some suspicious code pasted form the clipboard?
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I wonder how safe libfprint drivers are
Comment · 4 years ago
Yes, WebAuthn is an open standard, but it seems that Passkeys can only be synced using Google password manager and I don't see any API that would allow the user to use a different password manager as is the case with the auto fill API.
Comment · 4 years ago
It's a known issue with Android. You need to install Play Services beta. It will work flawlessly.
Comment · 4 years ago
Do you know if it's possible to see a list of stored passkeys in Android? I installed the Play Service beta, managed to create a passkey and sign in, but can't see the list of credentials anywhere in the UI.
Comment · 4 years ago
I think that once users realize how difficult it is to transfer passkeys between their PC and mobile device, they will just ababdon them. The only risk I see is that passkeys will be synced between Android and Chrome.

I really hope that there will be an API for Passkeys like there is an API for password managers on Android.

Comment · 4 years ago
DNS has known privacy issues, but this solution just (conviniently for them) shifts trust and data from the network operator to Google DNS or another central provider
Comment · 5 years ago
Well, the problem is that many desktop workflows require data passing through many apps. How would you do that on the iOS model?
Comment · 5 years ago
That's what Firefox is doing
Comment · 5 years ago
That would have to happen on the device before encryption or after decryption.
Comment · 5 years ago
Doesn't HTTPS Everywhere solve this problem?
Comment · 5 years ago
Malicious Tor exits should not be an issue. Tor is for anonimity and protects your identity. Enforce HTTPS to protect against MITM.

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