This article does a great job of articulating a lot of the uncomfortableness I have around passkeys. I’ve always said they make a lot more sense in an corporate environment but the level of control you lose in a personal setting is not commensurate with the protections and possible lock-in they offer.

I just don’t like passkeys. They are an overly technical solution to what is mostly a human problem.

I think their biggest weakness is the vendor lock in. Using a 3rd party password manager is the best solution for most people, so they arent locked to their phone. But they are right in saying none of it is quite ready.

I think the article is forgetting, they are password replacements, not account recovery replacements. Realistically, people are just as likely to forget a password, and account recovery proceedures still have to be in place. I dont see the issue there.

Passkeys are good they are just being pushed before properly fully developed, but we are slowly getting there.

The trap: Putting any 3rd party between you and your access.
It’s a 3 card monte game, but with security.

Roleplay: Mr. Jonsith did you know your house is vulnerable? Your simple little key can be used by anyone to get in to your house. Security!? Our Keypass system will super secure your house. You give us your key, and when you want access, you come to one of our 5 in town locations, request access from us by showing us this new key here, and we will let you into your house.