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shell.online 0.13.0 Lets a Passkey Unlock the Session Vault. A WebAuthn Editor Begged Developers Not To. Here Is What It Costs.

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Tim Cappalli co-edits the WebAuthn specification. On February 27 he published a post titled "Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data" . The argument fits in one sentence of his: "When you overload a credential used for authentication by also using it for encryption, the…

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  1. 2026-09-12 20:35 · DEV Community — AI
    shell.online 0.13.0 Lets a Passkey Unlock the Session Vault. A WebAuthn Editor Begged Developers Not To. Here Is What It Costs.

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