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It’s very interesting reading this and related threads on Web Authentication (“passkeys”).
The ability for people to use their created/associated key material to sign and encrypt their communication would be a huge boon for decentralised web applications. And yet, of course, the related W3C groups reject the use case. Because allowing people (instead of the corporations the W3C represents) to control their own identities is anathema to Big Tech.
GitHubCan the private keys be used for other cryptographic operations? · Issue #1595 · w3c/webauthnFor example, can they be used to sign and encrypt data the client passes? This goes beyond authentication, so it may be fair to consider it out of scope, given that "authn" is in the spec...
Your daily reminder that the W3C is the standards body of people farming.
@aral To change that, we need to change how profits are generated in the internet.
⇒ ads must end.
this! I believe something like the Web Monetization has potential