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Passwords are terrible for a world where people have hundreds of them and are lazy. And password managers are a bandaid solution.

Arguing effectively that passwords were fine for computing in 1970 isn't an answer. So if you don't like passkeys it's reasonable to ask for your alternative.



The first point seems correct, the second seems incorrect. Remembering a single password for access to a secure well-designed password manager seems a bit more secure than a physical passkey, what am I missing?


Because password managers that you (and many others) use all the time are probably a more serious attack vector than your bank deposit box.


Whatever an alternative would be, it should be decentralized.




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