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		gowld 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Passkeys: They're not perfect but they're getting ... > because they allow you to export your passkeys because they allow you to export your passkeys in plaintext, for easy stealing. "Information wants to be free" should not apply to passwords!

josephcsible 6 months ago [–]

But open-source programs can always be modified to do that, so that's a terrible reason to ban open-source passkey managers. And besides, you shouldn't be forbidden from doing things with your own data just because they're unwise.

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