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> Otherwise people would be tricked into giving away passkeys much like they are with passwords today. Is this really a common attack vector vs. a company leak
by AlexandrB 1y ago
> Otherwise people would be tricked into giving away passkeys much like they are with passwords today.
Is this really a common attack vector vs. a company leaking their whole customer database and a bunch of password being revealed that way?
- habinero 1y agoYes, it's called phishing.
- AlexandrB 1y agoPhishing is different (from the user's POV) than exporting a password and "giving it away". I don't see how phishing would be applicable to passkey exports.
- palata 1y ago> Phishing is different Nope, it's exactly that: tricking people into believing that they are exporting their passkey securely where actually they are sharing it with the attacker. > I don't see how phishing would be applicable to passkey exports. Phishing is applicable to everything humans can do: if you can ask a human to do it, you can phish a human to do it.
- jesseendahl 1y agoNot sure why this is being downvoted. This user (palata) is correct — phishing is any attempt by an attacker to trick a user into giving up sensitive information. For anyone who is confused: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/phishing-attack/ https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/phishi...
- NoGravitas 1y agoNot yet. It's a more complex variation on phishing, but not complex enough that it wouldn't happen if scammers needed it to.