Why “passkeys” is being discussed
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I think you’re right. They won’t make it mandatory, but passkeys will increase the risk of account loss enough for them to convince a majority of people that using your real ID…
by donmcronald · Oct 12, 2026
That is a hopelessly unusable workflow which is why the default behavior on iOS is storing Passkeys in iCloud Passwords and having cloud sync between devices and cloud backup&#x…
by WorldMaker · Oct 12, 2026
If the spec doesn’t guarantee portability, they’ll boil the frog to make sure you don’t get any. > If someone tries to change ecosystems and finds that they’re going to have to…
by donmcronald · Oct 12, 2026
exactly, I'm storing passkeys in Bitwarden, free account, no lock in. Single password to access all my logins. Works on all my devices. I don't see the issue
by rpwverheij · Oct 12, 2026
>Passkeys work and make my life better. Not the concern, it's whether it's worth the time and energy to expand passkeys as the default and getting normies using them. Some peopl…
by 9x39 · Oct 12, 2026
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Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is a web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines an API that websites use to authenticate with WebAuthn credentials and outlines what WebAuthn authenticators should do. It solves many of the issues of traditional password-based authentication by verifying the user's identity with digital signatures. Although WebAuthn is often touted as a complete replacement for passwords, most websites that implement it continue to use passwords in some capacity. Read more on Wikipedia