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ryandrakeyesterday at 11:01 PM1 replyview on HN

Yuck. Look closely at the wording: He is trying to counter a "user choice" feature by saying it doesn't have "protection". "File protection." "Protection of the key." Protection from who? From the user, that's who!

This mentality that the user is an attacker, and the software must protect its data from the user. Isn't a passkey ultimately supposed to be my data?


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inigyoutoday at 2:47 AM

This is simply the mentality. Everyone who's worth anything (as in money) has it. Everyone who makes anything you own has it. They do everything based on this mentality and will not give it up. Every new specification or policy has provisions to ensure the device is protected from its user. Whether it's age verification (non-California-style), passkeys, or CSAM scanning.