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Because here the private key totally inaccessible, stored on the user's authenticator device, which is analogous to a certificate authority in this case. Part of the WebAuthn spec provides for methods for trusting (or distrusting) authenticator apps, and presumably browsers themselves will assist in blocking untrusted authenticators as they do with CAs.


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