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Big Tech passkey implementations are a trap | Proton (proton.me)
submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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  • Big Tech has implemented passkeys in a way that locks users into their platforms rather than providing universal security
  • Passkeys were developed to replace passwords for better account security, but their rollout by Apple and Google has limited their potential
  • Proton Pass offers passkeys that are universal, easy to use, and available to everyone for improved online security and privacy.
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[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I noticed that recently every post on Proton's blog has been an advertisement of their services.

They are hypocrites.

A few days ago they posted that corporations are bad because they collect fingerprints, profile users, etc., yet they are no better, as their mobile apps rely on Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) owned by Google to deliver notifications to their users.

In 2020 they wrote that they "may offer alternative push notification system", but apparently shitting on corporations is easier than making actual changes. Four years ago.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's a google services issue. That's Google's fault.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It was their choice to not exclude this knowingly-evil service from their applications though.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It's still the fact that Google monopolizes shit. Same thing with Apple by the way.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But there are apps that have been built with Google-independent notifications. Proton could have supported UnifiedPush, for example, yet they decided not to.