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Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understandi... by chews on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @04:27PM (#49012942)
Dunno why the downvotes, if you're willing to trust Apple or Google this is a good method for passkey usage. because your touchID/faceid/opticalid auth gate the keyring's on either of these vendors your passkey works without having to migrate them. EDIT: Also ANY device that you add to your iCloud has access to the passkeys you've made... it's a dream for secure access.
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Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understandi... by dotancohen on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @06:24PM (#49014290)
What happens when the user decides to move to an Android device, or even is suspended from Apple for a suspected breach of the terms of service, or Apple decides to not support their country anymore? There are countless reasons to prefer to manage one's own access.
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Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understandi... by ilchalpenl on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:32AM (#49017648)
True... Theoretically correct but in practical sense?

All these doom mongering of suspension happens so rarely that majority don't care.

There are countless reason to DIY. Agree. But passkeys will help the majority.

Also note that the kind of people - like journalists etc - that need to use DIY/local are the ones that are likely to use passkey. Reality.

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Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understandi... by fugalfervor on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @04:47PM (#49013195)
The downvotes are because the commenter did not read or at least did not fully comprehend the meaning of the post they were responding to.
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Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understandi... by ilchalpenl on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:27AM (#49017620)
Downvotes does not matter. People here that are privacy inclined always find ways to argue about Google or Apple (any major companies). But if you look at their private lives - they adopt tech ASAP. A majority have Apple Pay or Google Pay. Paypal. At the same time use bitwarden also. (And that is fine)

These privacy zealots fail to realise that majority of population does not have time to setup bitwarden server or lineageos or zfs storage etc.

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