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You seem to be thinking of attestation, which is not a thing anymore with at least Apple's and Google's implementation. (They both had it for their non-synchronizing device-bound authenticators, but have heavily or even entirely rolled that back in favor of passkeys.)

And since any solution excluding either of these is a non-starter, ironically the passkey push has made WebAuthN more open when it comes to client choice.

So while I agree that Apple and Google not allowing passkey exports (yet; I am cautiously optimistic that they'll eventually be pushed to offer that too) runs the risk of locking in non-sophisticated users, the future is looking very bright for everybody posting here at least.






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