Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

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Nikita Bier on X: "@iamjasonlevin Passkeys were invented by security engineers with zero understanding of the consumer brain.

We had no way to argue its merits since no one understood what they are.

As a result, we are now all asked to produce the magic fairy dust to login to apps.

It may be on your phone, in" / X<br>Post

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Passkeys were invented by security engineers with zero understanding of the consumer brain.

We had no way to argue its merits since no one understood what they are.

As a result, we are now all asked to produce the magic fairy dust to login to apps.

It may be on your phone, in your browser, in your operating system, in your body, who knows.

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