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I'm sad PGP didn't become a popular way to log into websites. A challenge-response protocol could have even been built into web browsers. Big tech is reinventing that idea as Passkey, but with a very big tech flavor.
I mean, passkeys are... sort of... PGP... ๐คทโโ๏ธ
I'm already hearing about restrictions on exporting passkeys and some apps requiring that you're not running a custom ROM on Android and stuff like that. Makes me worried they're going to fuck that up and make it restrictive bs