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coldpieyesterday at 11:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

Unless the spec authors declare your password manager to be on the official naughty list[1] and relying-parties choose to block clients on that list.

[1] https://passkeys.dev/docs/reference/known-issues/


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jeroenhdtoday at 12:49 AM

I think it's more than fair to document that some implementations lie about their intentional violation of the spec, even if that violation is done to make the login process smoother.

Still, I've never seen a website try to block Bitwarden's passkey management (though I've had plenty of issues because of its partial implementation of the API, especially in early versions) despite its spec violations.

For some of the implementations, user verification is a massive pain (as browser extensions often only have long and complicated passwords to authenticate) but for KeepassXC a quick and simple fingerprint/facial scan is an option, as it already offers integration into the native OS biometrics anyway.

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yawaramintoday at 12:24 AM

As I said earlier, this is functionally impossible because Apple devices don't offer device attestation data.

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