Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

Post by selicos » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 6:36 PM UTC

mpalmer wrote: post #430

selicos wrote: post #246

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A password manager let's me use my service specific credential from any device, securely and decentralized. Passkeys lock into a specific device and seem easy until you need to use another device. But instead of being a credential you own and control, across what could even be a local password manager, it's one password to everything. Maybe it is more secure than a regular password in some cases but it largely seems…

it's one password to everything You are entirely mistaken. Passkeys involve a third party storing a public key on their infrastructure, while you hold the private half of the key, somewhere. Passkeys are never reused. Even for the same person, they are always unique across websites, and across devices.

Post by krferriter » Wed, Aug 05, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #643

thewebguyd wrote: post #575

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> Pretty much everyone is using a password management service In the US, only about 34 to 36% of adults use a password manager. Of the ~64% that don't, an alarming 20% reuse the same password across almost every service, and a ton just rely on browser autofill. If you use a password manager, you are in the minority. Hell, even if you don't use a PW manager and you at least use a different password for different servi…

FWIW, browser autofill is a basic password manager.