Re:PassSeeds – hijacking Passkeys to unlock new cryptographi...
by csuwldcat on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:16PM
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Just sounded cooler , and I was on the team that worked on Passkeys at Microsoft, so I wanted to poke them a bit (in a friendly way).
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Re:PassSeeds – hijacking Passkeys to unlock new cryptographi...
by gcr on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @08:49PM
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To me, “hijacking” a passkey sounds like credential disclosure, which is quite worrying for a core team member to talk about. I know what you mean, but it’s probably the wrong term to be using if we want to emphasize that passkeys cannot be stolen.