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by warkdarrior 360 days ago
If the computer where registration happens is not trusted, no authentication protocol will help. Compare this attack ("malicious computer substitutes passkey at registration time") with a password one ("malicious computer substitutes password at registration time").
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But unlike a compromised password, a compromised passkey can be detected much more easily, since the "real" key will end up not working, unless the attacker also adds it to the victim's account.
Then it should be very obvious if the site displays the user's registered passkeys.