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Oof, I found a whole ton of anti-open-source-software quotes on the related Github issue https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10406 https://github
by coldpie 2y ago
Oof, I found a whole ton of anti-open-source-software quotes on the related Github issue https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10406 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10406 :
> When required, the authenticator must perform user verification (PIN, biometric, or some other unlock mechanism). If this is not possible, the authenticator should not handle the request.
> [A passkey provider certification process] is currently being defined and is almost complete.
> This implementation is not spec compliant and has the potential to be blocked by relying parties.
> Then you should require its use when passkeys are enabled ... [You may be blocked because] you have a passkey provider that is known to not be spec compliant.
> I suspect we'll see [biometrics] required by regulation in some geo-regions.
> I see a lot of misinformation and incorrect guesses about the intentions of various parties in the recent threads. If it would be helpful, I'm willing to have a [private, non-public] call with interested parties to try and answer some of the questions that have been raised to ensure we have a common technical understanding of FIDO/WebAuthn.
I felt reasonably positive about Passkeys while writing this blog post, but continuing to read the spec authors' insistence that only Big Tech may handle these problems is extremely worrying. I really want to like this feature, but the authors are acting like complete jerks and driving me away.
I'm going to update the blog post, or maybe even delete it. Attestation is a complete deal-killer for this tech.
- lapcat 2y ago> I'm going to update the blog post, or maybe even delete it. Please don't delete the blog post! I think it's important for us to have these conversations.
- coldpie 2y agoOK. I updated it instead.
- Arnt 2y agoPay close attention to this sentence: "Let determined people do that, but don't make it easy for a user to be tricked into handing over all of their credentials in clear text." Open source isn't about making it easy to perform social engineering.
- josephcsible 2y agoAttestation can stop determined people from doing it too.