Re: [webauthn] clarification of UP/UV flags in authenticator data structure

Thanks for your proposal! I agree this is worthwhile clarifying, but I think it needs to be formulated differently to not open more opportunities for misunderstandings. With your proposal, the paragraph reads:

>The `UP` flag SHALL be set if and only if the authenticator detected a user through an authenticator specific gesture. The `RFU` bits SHALL be set to zero. The `UV` and `UP` flags MAY both be set if the authenticator verified a user.

This could be interpreted to mean that if the authenticator performed user verification, then it MAY set the `UV` flag. This should be that the `UV` flag MUST be set in that case, but that `UP` and `UV` MAY both be set at the same time. I'll draft an alternative proposal with reformulations to that effect.

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