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Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing... that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Many websites only allow creating a passkey on mobile for example. I also created passkeys on quite a few sites that straight up removed the feature a few days after. I also never found a site that let you completely remove password authentication after adding a passkey.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Even on mobile they are asshats. I have my password manager registered as the passkey wallet in iOS, so creating a passkey in PayPal for example fails.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

PayPal’s passkey implementation really is the worst of all worlds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Didn't allow me to create one because it doesn't meet the Google's security thing (unlocked bootloader).

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