A rebuttal to an anti-passkey, pro-TOTP post that has made the rounds on Lemmy as well.

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[–] 85 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The author of this post works in Apple, Passwords team. They do not deny that there’s attestation; they argue that it’s only used to prevent bad actors.

Cool, we’ll trust corporations then!

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago

    Agreed. Even if you trust her words, she's only one person and Apple could override any decisions she makes.

    It makes me wonder about the people in Google who worked for, maintained, and advocated the openness of Android. Only now for Google to continually lock it down.

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