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Passkeys are not a trap. Use them!
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this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2026
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Exactly, people keep focusing on whether passkeys are secure as a concept, and they are. However, what we actually need to talk about is how they're going to be used in the wild, and what companies are likely to do with them. That's what's going to affect vast majority of the people.