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I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley
hawksley.dev/blog/i-dont-like-passkeysReplying to @lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
One complaint I have is browser insistence that a site must have a proper certificate to work at all.
I provide self hosted software with passkey support and probably over 90 percent of my users never set up property certificates due their private networks. So the passkey function is impossible for them.
Which means they must use passwords. Which are far worse in this scenario. The practical risk either way is arguably low for them, but to take a more mitm/phishing resistant technique and then force it to not work because mitm or phishing might be in play…
Replying to @jj4211@lemmy.world
That doesn’t make sense, you’re suggesting using security (passkeys) over an insecure channel (HTTP). Even internal websites should use TLS. Am I missing something?
Replying to @filcuk@feddit.uk
Yeah, this is the key. Distributing your own cert catalogues on a system level negates this issue. But then also that needs to be managed.
But key signing is essential anyways and I’ve often thought the CA system could be used outside of the client to server signing process.