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Hard pass. I will not use #passkeys and will tell my friends and family to do the same.

So long as attestation part of the WebAuthn spec, it allows companies to lock consumers into using specific passkey managers.

It's exactly like streaming subscriptions. Attestation sets up the dystopia of a paid 1Password account for your email passkey, a paid LastPass account for your utility account passkey, a paid Bitwarden account for your health insurance, etc.

#passwords

ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/passkeys

www.ncsc.gov.ukPasskeys: they're not perfect but they're getting betterPasskeys are the future of authentication, offering enhanced security and convenience over passwords, but widespread adoption faces challenges that the NCSC is working to resolve.

@atoponce don’t several open source password managers support pass keys though? Or am I not understanding the subtle nature of the problem?