Passkeys are not a trap(scotthelme.co.uk)
585 points by speckx | 732 comments
Blog post by Scott Helme arguing that passkeys are not a lock-in trap and defending their use as a secure authentication method.
#passkeys on Hacker News
7 stories tagged passkeys, newest first.
Passkeys are a trap(nonfunctional.substack.com)
934 points by laurex | 482 comments
A Substack essay for non-technical readers arguing that passkeys serve platform interests over users and advising people not to adopt them.
I don't like passkeys(hawksley.dev)
676 points by ethanhawksley | 665 comments
A personal blog post by Ethan Hawksley explaining why he dislikes passkeys and the tech industry's push to make users adopt them.
Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain(twitter.com)
399 points by ksec | 532 comments
A post on X by Nikita Bier arguing that passkeys were designed by security engineers without understanding how ordinary consumers think.
Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords(blog.danielh.cc)
806 points by max__dev | 637 comments
Blog post by Daniel Huang arguing that emailed six-digit login codes are worse than passwords because they enable easy phishing attacks, citing Minecraft account thefts.
Passkeys will come at a cost(fy.blackhats.net.au)
634 points by xena | 383 comments
Blog post arguing that passkey hype and reliance on resident/discoverable credentials will exhaust limited storage on hardware security keys, making them obsolete.
Passkeys: The beginning of the end of the password(blog.google)
489 points by donohoe | 554 comments
Google Keyword blog post announcing the rollout of passkeys for Google accounts as a step toward a passwordless future.