Re: [webauthn] Support for PWA authenticators (#1514)

It would be good if we could understand the reasons.

Most platforms intend to have a platform level authenticator.  

If the credentials in the PWA are not globally available to other browsers and native apps I would see this potentially causing fragmentation and user confusion.  

Also while I have nothing against PWA a native platform authenticator can use HW backed key protection and may have other security advantages, on the other hand, A PWA would be better than a password.

So it is hard to say how much effort should go into this without fully understanding the use case.  

Also Duo is separately proposing a HTTPS based CTAP transport that would allow a native app to be paired with the platform as an authenticator, even across platforms.

John B.

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