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Users pay a subtle price for the perceived convenience of passkeys when it's time to migrate to another platform. Before, you could just sign in to your passwo
by SheinhardtWigCo 3y ago
Users pay a subtle price for the perceived convenience of passkeys when it's time to migrate to another platform.
Before, you could just sign in to your password manager on the new platform, and get a 2FA prompt the first time you sign in to any particular site (so you're manually entering one additional factor per site). With passkeys, you have to do account recovery, so you have to manually provide two factors per site. That translates to hours of cumulative extra work.
It's an opportunity to increase platform stickiness, backed by a flimsy security excuse. Nobody using a password manager is getting their accounts hacked unless the vendor is breached or they have malware on their system. Passkeys don't help in either scenario. And the UX isn't materially better than the built-in password manager, though I guess that's a matter of opinion.