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Cloud sync.
by gavinhoward 2y ago
Cloud sync.
- growse 2y agoThat's not an inherent feature of passkeys.
- gavinhoward 2y agoTrue, but you either have that or a catastrophic loss of identity if you lose it.
- growse 2y agoOnly if you tie your identity to a single cloud provider?
- gavinhoward 2y agoI mean if you don't gave cloud sync, then if you lose your phone, you have lost those passkeys.
- growse 2y agoIf I lose my only front door key, I can't get into my house. This is why I keep a spare.
- gavinhoward 2y agoYour argument is exactly why people conflate passkeys with cloud syncing and vendor lock-in.
- cesarb 2y ago> If I lose my only front door key, I can't get into my house. You can pay a locksmith to pick (and rekey) the door lock. You can even break down the door and replace it later. None of that is an option with passkeys.
- growse 2y agoIn this metaphor, these are the "forgotten password" or "recovery key" flows.
- vel0city 2y agoI have passkeys. I lost my phone. I did not lose my identities.
- gavinhoward 2y agoDo you have cloud sync? My point was that it is one or the other.
- vel0city 2y agoI don't. So your point isn't based in truth. I just used another device which also had passkeys, and then provisioned new ones on the new device. Ah, the magic of having two of them! Truly a revolutionary experience. I just used my physical tokens or my laptop or desktop to authenticate my new phone.