Re:Ask HN: Why is WebAuthn so slow to take off?
by GoblinSlayer on Monday April 24, 2023 @09:31AM
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The average user isn't targeted personally, they are targeted en mass, the more people fall into the category, the more valuable target they become. A personal attack is needed only if the credential storage is not standardized.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is WebAuthn so slow to take off?
by bawolff on Monday April 24, 2023 @08:21PM
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Remote attacks (e.g. say having a zero day in the sms messenger app. Not talking about remote in the sense of phishing emails are sent remotely or when attackers target service providers instead of users) typically get noticed and fixed really fast if they are used en masse. In practise it is much more common for attackers to pick specific targets in order to preserve how long their vector lasts for.