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MisterMunchkin • today at 3:36 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

And passwords could easily be extended to requiring photo ID...


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unrented7977 • today at 4:10 PM

No, they can't. You could try ro replace passwords on your service with some stupid id verification scheme, but you have not extended passwords.

recursive • today at 3:51 PM

This is not true.

NoidFonsense • today at 3:45 PM

How? It wouldn't be easy at all it would be totally unconventional and break all sorts of expected workflows for passwords if you had to take a photo every time. For example at my work we have a ton of computers and none of them have webcams.

Passwords are client-neutral. Passkeys aren't: you can force a certain client, and now those clients can force an OS through attestation.

It happens now with 2fa today. I have gone through college for 4 years having to use this shitty duo mobile app and we have to take out our smartphones 20 times a day to do things and re-login after every 20 minutes.

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