Could someone more knowledgeable explain why Non-resident passkeys need to have a username to make them work? Like, why can't the credential itself be it's own identifying factor if it's being generated deterministically anyway?
#webauthn #fido #fido2 #passkey #passkeys
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2025-11-15 01:20:11 UTC
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