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Re:Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth The... by alisonatwork on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:29AM (#42608791)
Except you don't just have the vendor lock-in of your password manager, you also have the vendor lock-in of a web browser too. Or you are forced to use a password manager that works as a web browser extension instead of a standalone application. This is so much worse than OTP, which already was incredibly user unfriendly, because at least with OTP you still had the freedom to type or paste the secret from wherever you wanted to get it generated.
Re:Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth The... by pilif on Monday January 06, 2025 @03:38AM (#42608838)
> you also have the vendor lock-in of a web browser too

1Password allows me to authenticate with my passkey in Safari (my default browser), Chrome and Firefox on macOS and Windows.

Re:Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth The... by 1oooqooq on Monday January 06, 2025 @06:18AM (#42609635)
you know this is temporary, right?

the site knows the key provider, and it's a matter of time the only accept the three big ones "for security".