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"Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security." Technically yeah, device-bound keys are "more secure", but not if that results in peop
by Ajedi32 5y ago
"Security at the expense of usability comes at the expense of security."
Technically yeah, device-bound keys are "more secure", but not if that results in people continuing to just use passwords instead because updating your credentials on dozens of sites every time you get a new phone or security key is too difficult.
Synced WebAuthn credentials are at least as secure as a properly-used password manager, way more usable, and a lot more secure than passwords, which is what they're replacing. Besides, there's still the option of using separate device-bound keys for situations where even higher levels of security are required.
- pabs3 5y agoThere really does need to be a standard way to update credentials that works on every site...