A lot of services support passkeys. Microsoft even has an option to make my account “passwordless”. Since they are more secure than passwords, will you be switching some / most of your accounts to passkeys any time soon? Interested to hear everyone’s thoughts on passkeys. 🔑

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    3 months ago

    I highly dislike the idea of a passkey replacing a password as it means you’ve lost the something you know and replace it only with something you have.

    Passwords AND passkeys together sound great.

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      3 months ago

      To be fair, you cant use the passkeys unless you are logged into your password manager, which requires a password you “know”.

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        3 months ago

        It could be your phone or computer as well, they don’t have to be in a password manager.

        And that’s often going to be the default people use.

        Now it’s just your face or fingerprint, both of which are easier to bypass if it’s targeted.

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            3 months ago

            Just in addition to my other reply… that was assuming it’s not a government agency.

            The police can just force you to do it, but they can’t force a password.

            Everyone using a passkey and biometrics on their hardware is law enforcements wet dream.

            Edit: Including border security where you have less rights.

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              3 months ago

              This exactly why I have a phone that lets me use two factors to unlock it, pin plus fingerprint!

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                3 months ago

                It let’s you require both?

                It looks like it’s pin and optional fingerprint, not pin and fingerprint for me? On Android

                This is why I always turn it off in airports though.