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MBCook • today at 4:57 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Autofill is not the same as use.

You can not use a passkey on the wrong site. Period. They’re unphishable.

Short of somehow talking a user through finding the full private key and getting them to send that to you, there is no way to trick a user into giving you what you need to get into a website impersonating them.

That’s absolutely not true with a password manager. They may TRY to prevent you from ACCIDENTALLY entering it on a website, but they don’t stop you.


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Telaneo • today at 7:24 PM

> Short of somehow talking a user through finding the full private key and getting them to send that to you, there is no way to trick a user into giving you what you need to get into a website impersonating them.

So you're telling me they're phishable?