Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understandi...
by thewebguyd on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @02:36PM
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I mean, no one ever said it was a good design.
But the original FIDO2 standard wasn't made with consumers in mind in the first place, it was driven by enterprises that wanted high-assurance security. It works in that environment because, well, a big IT department controls it, can support the employees, and you can mandate and control its use.
It was just sort of haphazardly shoehorned onto general users/consumers, prematurely IMO, via synced credentials as a compromise instead of coming up with something better.
But the original FIDO2 standard wasn't made with consumers in mind in the first place, it was driven by enterprises that wanted high-assurance security. It works in that environment because, well, a big IT department controls it, can support the employees, and you can mandate and control its use.
It was just sort of haphazardly shoehorned onto general users/consumers, prematurely IMO, via synced credentials as a compromise instead of coming up with something better.