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nine_kyesterday at 6:36 PM1 replyview on HN

Passkeys seem to be the best solution for users whose technical chops cannot be trusted, and who are also gullible enough to be a scam / social engineering target. Which, to my mind, describes a large enough chunk of audience of most popular services.

A tech-savvy relative of such a user should help them generate rescue codes, write them on a piece of paper, and store them along with all other important documents. Ideally the paper should also read: "Call me before using any of these codes! <phone number>."


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calvinmorrisonyesterday at 6:44 PM

it's just a further step whittling away of browsers being a "user client".

a key based approach is great. Knowing (the passphrase) and Having (the key) is a good way to authenticate.

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