Ricky Mondello responds to "Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them."
latexr · hn · 2026-10-13
A Hacker News discussion spotlights Ricky Mondello, the former Apple authentication engineer and longtime Passkey/WebAuthn advocate, responding point-by-point on Mastodon to the essay "Passkeys are a trap. Do not use them." The exchange reignites debate over platform lock-in, cross-device sync, and account recovery in passkey adoption.
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