2 days ago
Fri Oct 24, 2025 2:03pm PST
Ask HN: What is a passkey and why is everybody asking for one lately?
As someone with unique passwords, 2FA, email aliases and a decent password manager and I see no real appeal to passkeys. If anything they seem less secure than what I have now. I understand how it’s leaps and bounds better for people that have reused and simple passwords.

However, the "passkeys" branding is pretty much exclusively used for keys that sync, usually with the platform authenticator. Wouldn't that be kind of a big deal, if you were a tinfoil hatter? Am I missing anything?

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