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Add note about fixed/empty user handles (#1483)
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* Add note about fixed/empty user handles

See fido-alliance/fido-2-specs#951

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* Update index.bs

Co-authored-by: =JeffH <jdhodges@google.com>

Co-authored-by: =JeffH <jdhodges@google.com>
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The [=user handle=] MUST NOT contain [PII] about the user, such as a username or e-mail address;
see [[#sctn-user-handle-privacy]] for details.

Note: the [=user handle=] should not be a constant value across different accounts, even for [=non-discoverable credentials=], because some authenticators always create [=discoverable credentials=]. Thus a constant [=user handle=] would prevent a user from using such an authenticator with more than one account at the [=[RP]=]. Additionally, a [=user handle=] having an empty value is known to be problematic in practice so is a bad choice, even if a constant value is desired.

: <dfn>displayName</dfn>
:: A [=human palatability|human-palatable=] name for the user account, intended only for display. For example, "Alex P. Müller" or "田中 倫". The
[=[RP]=] SHOULD let the user choose this, and SHOULD NOT restrict the choice more than necessary.
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