Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain

A software engineer is calling out passkeys, arguing they were built by engineers with little grasp of how consumers actually handle authentication. The criticism has sparked significant discussion on Hacker News, reflecting a persistent challenge in tech: designing security solutions that are both robust and genuinely usable for everyday users.

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