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Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

@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

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