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I run the opposite direction whenever I see a passkey pop-up. I do a lot of IT support for small businesses, non-profits, and old people, and more concerning to
by tobinfekkes 1y ago
I run the opposite direction whenever I see a passkey pop-up. I do a lot of IT support for small businesses, non-profits, and old people, and more concerning to me is the way passkeys are presented. Or, more accurately, not presented.
They say "this will be really helpful" and present it as 1) a benefit to the user, and 2) there's no other option, or opt out. There's barely any mention of a passkey, nor any education about what is going to happen when they hit "continue", and who will be responsible when it goes wrong (and that the service won't help them get their account access back).
It's scary how prevalent this has become, how quickly it happened, and how bad of an idea it is.