Re:Passkeys: A Shattered Dream
by iknowstuff on Friday April 26, 2024 @04:12PM
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Then use a password manager that allows it
Good for you; I'm ashamed to say that I've hurt my data sanctity far more than any criminal has, with 2am tinkering with my systems.
I have vaultwarden at home but I don't use it because I just know I'll fuck up my tunnel while I'm travelling or something.
This is my threat model: "hi mum. I need you to drive to my house and fish a keyboard out of the cupboard. Plug it into the big black box and type exactly what I tell you..."
This is a deep, fundamental flaw in passkeys. It's just another example of enshittification disguised as denying end-user control "for their own good." There is no for-profit organization anywhere that I trust more than I trust myself, and there's no threat model where it's more likely I'll be socially engineered into giving up my long random password than that I'll suffer data loss.