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Passkeys are not a trap. Use them! (hachyderm.io)

submitted 5 days ago by libewa@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A rebuttal to an anti-passkey, pro-TOTP post that has made the rounds on Lemmy as well.

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[–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 42 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Passwords are protected (for now) by the first amendment. You can't be compelled to tell what it is. Passkeys can be seized with a warrant. This only matters in the US but it does matter and I literally never see that addressed.

[–] freely1333@reddthat.com 7 points 4 days ago

That’s not really a bash on passkeys so much as it is a bash on storage methods. Anything with a password that is not no knowledge encrypted is at the exact same risk because the password doesn’t matter to the company the warrant is issued to.

[–] chM5tZ8zMp@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Edit: You may be right about that. I spoke too soon.

[–] sculptor0725@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

Fourth amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure. That applies to passkeys. First amendment protects speech, that's what protects your password. You can't be compelled to tell that because you can't be compelled to say things, not because there's any protection against the data being seized. IANAL, feel free to go into more detail if you still disagree

[–] waltersf@bookwyr.me -2 points 4 days ago

First time I am reading people orate their passwords🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Now you're going to tell me the US has free press🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣😂