Passkeys are a trap, do not use them: HN debate on broken recovery and lock-in
laurex · hn · 2026-10-12
A Hacker News discussion centers on an article arguing that passkeys are a trap: fragmented implementations across platforms, recovery flows that lock you into specific vendors, and painful cross-device migration make them far less safe or convenient than promised. The author advises against adopting them, with commenters debating real-world password management trade-offs.
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