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Re:Bitwarden developer survey: Secrets, security and the fut... by crote on Monday October 23, 2023 @07:15AM (#37984079)
- People reusing passwords

- Weak passwords

- Phishing

Passkeys are intended to protect the tech-incompetent masses against trivial attacks. They provide zero or negative value to the HN crowd who's already using a password manager and 2FA.

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Re:Bitwarden developer survey: Secrets, security and the fut... by effie on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @05:27PM (#38005891)
> Passkeys are intended to protect the tech-incompetent masses against trivial attacks.

I suspected as much. Thanks for saying so, maybe I'm not that out of touch yet.

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