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I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley (hawksley.dev)
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[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I don't understand one thing about hardware keys. Aren't they, like, easy to steal? Sure, someone could torture my Bitwarden masterkey out of me, but hardware keys seem to make sabotage much much easier.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You can PIN lock hardware keys

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

That's good to know.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

They’re as easy to steal and misuse as a laptop with KeePassX on it. Hardware as a second factor was always a better use case.