Blog post argues passkeys are a trap, sparking tech debate

A Substack post titled "Passkeys are a trap" is circulating on Hacker News and Mastodon. One Mastodon post claims passkeys have remote attestation built in, tying use to signed software from certain companies.

Timeline

1. 11 Oct, 21:59 UTCHacker News picks up 'Passkeys are a trap'
2. 14 Oct, 15:15 UTCFirst appeared on Hacker News

Top sources

• Passkeys are not a trapHacker News
• Passkeys are a trapHacker News
• https:// nonfunctional.substack.com/p/p asskeys-are-a-trap-do-not-use-them TIL that passkeys have support for remote attFelicitas Pojtinger 🌅