Re: [webauthn] Recovering from Device Loss (#931)

Just to add my grain of salt. I think there are plenty of ways to recover accounts upon device loss.

https://dev.to/dagnelies/webauthn-what-if-i-loose-my-device-1lbh

I don't think there is a need to embed some "backup" functionality as part of the protocol. I would even be worried if the private key would be shared in any way, even if it's called a backup. It would be like sharing an unencrypted password. One strong security aspect of webauthn is the certainity that this private key is a secret tied to the authenticator device and that there is no way to "extract it". I hope it stays that way. 😉 

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