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p0seidon
2y ago
As a password manager user, nothing really changes. As you pointed out, you can use them on any major platform to actually hold your passkeys. The thing is, in the broader scale, password manager use is very low among average consumers. Pas
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p0seidon
2y ago
Agree, but I think in a B2C context, you need convenience first; then security can follow.
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p0seidon
2y ago
Thanks. We have heard that also and we would appreciate it. In my experience, it is already difficult to find a technical compromise within a team of 5 people who like each other and work together for years. Finding a solution on the curren
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p0seidon
2y ago
Our blog is full of examples of implementation analysis, and we have not encountered one implementation that is bug-free or leverages the complete toolset (same for us: we have just identified a bug in our implementation that relates to Web
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p0seidon
2y ago
When using a passkey as the only factor, it gets complicated, but I think that will be the future: Email and SMS as fallbacks with additional factors like risk-based location checks (or local storage hints) to have a viable recovery mechani
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p0seidon
2y ago
Disclaimer Corbado Co-Founder here: That passkeys (WebAuthn) as a standard can support different levels of security requirements in the future on a common ground is probably the best thing. Even with an unknown new passkey provider, that&#x
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p0seidon
2y ago
What all big platforms encounter is that the actual attacker already knows the password. That is because (1) it has been leaked on another platform and the user uses the same or (2) because it has been stolen from the computer of the user o
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p0seidon
2y ago
https://github.blog/2024-04-24-securing-millions-of-develope... ("Finally, as a result of our improved enrollment experience and passkey rollout, our data shows that it’s 47% more likely users will configure two or mor
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p0seidon
2y ago
Disclaimer: I am a Corbado Co-Founder. I have commented further down, and I really think that, from a broader perspective, there is a great chance that there will be strong positive effects for consumers. I agree that there is a threat with
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p0seidon
2y ago
Yes, I agree. We still have passwords although Social Logins have existed for years. And Passkeys are also adopted because they increase security from a 2FA perspective.
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p0seidon
2y ago
Disclaimer: Co-Founder Corbado here. I think the simplicity actually for the user is why they are so successful already. I can understand a lot of the criticism, although I am not that skeptical regarding the lock-in. I think this discussio
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p0seidon
2y ago
Disclaimer: Co-Founder Corbado here. B2C Auth is much harder than people think. Consumers are unforgiving when it comes to UX. Big Tech sets the bar pretty high for what consumer experience should be. In B2B or B2E authentication, the UX is