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Starlevel004 • today at 12:37 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

> WebAuthn lets a site work with Security Keys and that makes such a loss basically harmless unlike for password hashes.

Yes, because all of those teenage fanfiction readers are going to have yubikeys.


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Gigachad • today at 3:04 AM

The same tech does Passkeys too. I suspect in the future we will move to passkey/yubikey only auth and store as little user data as possible.

danielmeskin • today at 1:14 AM

It’s built into most smartphones now isn’t it?