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[–] ptman@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication :

  • Something the user has - device/token
  • Something the user knows - password/pin
  • Something the user is - biometrics
[–] dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win 1 points 2 weeks ago

This assumes a pin is used, which according to the WebAuthn wikipedia page is not generally the case:

The illustrated flow relies on PIN-based user verification, which, in terms of usability, is only a modest improvement over ordinary password authentication. In practice, the use of biometrics for user verification can improve the usability of WebAuthn.

The way I read this, a pin is even too much for the end-user and biometrics replace it for usability.