Adversary-in-the-middle attacks can strip out the passkey option from login pages that users see, leaving targets with only authentication choices that force them to give up credentials.

    • Kushan@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Cases like this only prove that a better lock doesn’t improve security when the old lock still lets you in.

      The takeaway here isn’t “passkeys are bad”, it’s “keeping less secure methods of authentication as a fallback is bad”

      It’s like saying all 2FA is bad because SMS 2FA is dogshit.

      • xyguy@startrek.website
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        2 days ago

        This is the real takeaway, if you have a forgot password button that bypasses everything then none of it is anything more than a login accelerator.