c/technology@lemmy.world · lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com · 26 Sep 2026 09:43

I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley

Ethan Hawksley I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley Why passkeys are a step back for personal security: examining account lockout risks, platform lock-in, hardware key limits, and fragile recovery flows.

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@SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 12h ago · edited

I don’t understand one thing about hardware keys. Aren’t they, like, easy to steal? Sure, someone could torture my Bitwarden masterkey out of me, but hardware keys seem to make sabotage much much easier.

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- @Natanael@infosec.pub · 7h ago
  
  You can PIN lock hardware keys
  
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  - @SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 6h ago
    
    That’s good to know.
    
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- @4am@lemmy.zip · 12h ago
  
  They’re as easy to steal and misuse as a laptop with KeePassX on it. Hardware as a second factor was always a better use case.
  
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