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mi_lkyesterday at 9:22 AM1 replyview on HN

is it fair to say all passkey implementations have this advantage while only some password implementations can match?


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simoncionyesterday at 10:11 AM

It is absolutely unfair to say it. Just like passwords stored in a password manager, passkeys can be copied out of the device for safekeeping. Because you can copy them out, a user can be induced to give them to someone.

I saw passkey boosters go very, very rapidly from "Passkeys are immune to phishing!" to "Passkeys are phishing resistant!" when lots of real-world people started using passkeys and demonstrated that you absolutely must have a way to back them up and move them around.

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