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Interesting concept. I like the idea of being able to easily leverage Biometrics for auth, but am reluctant to be tied to a third-party to support authentication. I'm sure it could be switched out quickly for something else, but that could be a shock to less tech savvy etc. users.

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Disclosure, I work for FusionAuth, an auth provider.

There are other options out there that let you self host WebAuthn. I was on a python podcast[0] and found some python libraries. It's public key management and a JS API that you need to carefully implement, not rocket science.

I've written elsewhere about the tradeoffs of using an in-house auth solution vs an outsource auth provider[1], so I won't say more about that here.

0: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/133/

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35814332

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