Re:Apple, Google and Microsoft Commit to Expanded Support fo...
by lxgr on Thursday May 05, 2022 @03:05PM
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That's exactly why FIDO [1] and WebAuthN [2] are moving towards a concept of backup-able/cross-device-sync-able authenticators.
That is arguably less secure in some contexts, but there are workarounds, and I do see the point that for most services, availability/key loss recovery is as much of a concern as is security.
That is arguably less secure in some contexts, but there are workarounds, and I do see the point that for most services, availability/key loss recovery is as much of a concern as is security.
[1] https://fidoalliance.org/multi-device-fido-credentials/
[2] https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/issues/1714