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@Xavier@infosec.exchange

2026-09-08 17:46 UTC

@drsbaitso@infosec.exchange And this is more important than having phishing resistant authentication? The reason I ask is that I'm a security engineer tasked with helping protect accounts like yours. What situation would you start using passkeys?

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  • @rickhunter@infosec.exchange 2026-09-08 18:13

    @Xavier@infosec.exchange @drsbaitso@infosec.exchange A website should never tell the browser to accept a passkey without the user explicitly requesting to create it. Good: My pharmacy notices that I don't have a passkey after logging it. It asks if I want to create one now and respects my decision if I decline. Bad: Amazon spontaneously telling my browser to save a passkey when all I've done is open my Order History page. That passkey dialog should never pop up by surprise, in the middle of an unrelated workflow.

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