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>>caust1+(OP)
Just like every other piece on passkeys it does not justify them, at all.

Passwords have problems, but less than putting all authentication secrets in a single basket or ecosystem is (which is what big tech fundamentally wants).

Passkeys are a solution to a manufactured problem, and keeps getting pushed because it is a useful big tech honey trap that solidifies their user's captivity in their ecosystems.

>>_Alger+u81
This is an extremely bad take. Webauthn and Passkeys do not necessitate handing over control to "big tech". They are standards implemented by open source projects as well as megacorps. Webauthn offers substantially better security than passwords, which we should all be moving away from by now.

Disclaimer; I work in security so my opinions are informed by actually knowing what I'm talking about.

>>greent+wh1
Appeal to authority does not make a good argument.

We have witnessed the user capturing playbook of big tech for decades at this point. Ignoring what they are doing at this point is naive at best, malice at worst.

>>_Alger+5j1
I obviously wasn't doing an actual appeal to authority. I'm anonymous on here, so it would hold no weight even if it wasn't a poor argument. I was just being snarky because the ignorant objections are so very stupid.

I didn't argue big tech isn't doing user capture. I pointed out webauthn is a standard and does not necessitate getting into bed with "big tech".