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Passkeys and Modern Authentication

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184 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 13:47 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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dan-robertson ◴[02 Sep 25 17:32 UTC] No.45106319[source]▶
> Obviously, one could pay for an authenticator like 1Password, which at least is ecosystem independent. However, not everybody is in a situation where they can afford to pay for basic services like password managers

This argument was made in the context of moving out of the Apple ecosystem (are there other ecosystems one would want to leave where the only option is paying for something like 1password?). I don’t really buy it because I can’t work out a situation where one is switching from some expensive ecosystem but unable to pay a low fee for 1password. But maybe I’m missing an example.

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Dr4kn ◴[02 Sep 25 17:37 UTC] No.45106401[source]▶
There is also keepass, which you can sync with whatever free cloud storage you want. It might not be the nicest password manager you can use, but you can always use it for free.

Bitwardens free tier is also generous enough that a lot of people won't have to pay

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1. NoGravitas ◴[03 Sep 25 16:31 UTC] No.45117706[source]▶
KeePassXC has been repeatedly threatened with blacklisting by the WebAuthn alliance. Once for allowing exports of passkeys, once for not requiring reauthentication of an already unlocked vault when providing a passkey.