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by gowld 239 days ago
> because they allow you to export your passkeys

because they allow you to export your passkeys in plaintext, for easy stealing.

"Information wants to be free" should not apply to passwords!

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But open-source programs can always be modified to do that, so that's a terrible reason to ban open-source passkey managers. And besides, you shouldn't be forbidden from doing things with your own data just because they're unwise.