Google and Apple use passkeys to capture users by locking credentials into their platforms and have made the UX of passkeys worse than that of password managers

fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream

At around 11pm last night my partner went to change our lounge room lights with our home light control system. When she tried to login, her account couldn't be accessed. Her Apple Keychain had deleted the Passkey she was using on that site.
This is just the icing on a long trail of enshittification that has undermined Webauthn. I'm over it at this point, and I think it's time…

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