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Written by Ellie, Limited Edition on 2025-01-29 at 15:04

Okay, I think I finally understand passkeys enough to have an informed opinion on disliking them. Someone please tell me if I'm wrong about this:

• Passkeys opaquely turn your device/browser into your password manager, and MOST of the services implementing them don't make this clear (and passkey providers certainly don't, especially vis a vis portability)

• There are more legal and simple avenues for authorities to access my device or browser credentials than there are my password manager

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Written by Ellie, Limited Edition on 2025-01-29 at 15:06

Like, no offense, but I am much more likely to momentarily leave my browser or phone in an unlocked state than my password manager.

Nevermind that I absolutely don't trust Google or Mozilla with the security of all my passwords. Hell, I barely trust my self-hosted and locked-down Vaultwarden setup.

NeverMIND how this might affect non-technical people.

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Written by Ellie, Limited Edition on 2025-01-29 at 15:08

This seems like a GREAT way to get anyone involved in movement work to trust all their passwords to organizations and software that will immediately give them up to the police when asked.

Great technology to be rolling out right now, you know?

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Written by Eric Lathrop on 2025-01-29 at 16:38

@tldrellie Yeesh, I didn't know about that aspect of them.

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