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jqpabc123today at 1:22 PM1 replyview on HN

So in other words, Passkeys are over engineered and simply too complicated for most users.

Succumbing to lock-in can smooth some (but not all) rough edges and creates it's own restrictions and risks.

TOTP for the win --- it's the simpler practical alternative.


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timhhtoday at 7:01 PM

TOTP is really annoying IMO but at least you control it so you can make it one-factor again if it's foisted on you. I made a Chrome extension to do that:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lazyotp/eoihmklnjkn...