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ttul • yesterday at 11:51 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

TOTP is susceptible to man in the middle attacks. Passkeys are not. That alone is a solid reason to favor Passkeys!


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throwawayffffas • today at 12:07 AM

The objection is not against using keys for authentication, it's against the standard including attestation provisions, because there is an incredibly large space for abusing these to limit user freedom.