shrek_is_love@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoPasskeys are a trap. Do not use themnonfunctional.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square168linkfedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down138file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-linkPasskeys are a trap. Do not use themnonfunctional.substack.comshrek_is_love@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 days agomessage-square168linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareNarrativeBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·3 days agoNever used. Each time a website asks me if I want to create one I have this uneasy feeling of not actually owning the key.
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 days agoThat is the issue of passkeys. They are hard to understand and without understanding there can be no trust.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoYou’re not wrong to have that feeling. Where is the passkey saved? Can I take it out and back it up? Can I use it on another device, running a completely different OS? If I lose this device the passkey is on, what happens? The answers to most of these is negative.
Never used. Each time a website asks me if I want to create one I have this uneasy feeling of not actually owning the key.
That is the issue of passkeys. They are hard to understand and without understanding there can be no trust.
You’re not wrong to have that feeling.
Where is the passkey saved? Can I take it out and back it up? Can I use it on another device, running a completely different OS? If I lose this device the passkey is on, what happens?
The answers to most of these is negative.