Uhhh... Can someone ELI18 to me the problem with passkeys? I use them wherever available and find them very convenient.
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Yeah i can sum it up for you
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You can store passkeys in your password manager lol
I have the opposite situation, I bought yubikeys but nobody supports them.
Indeed. Why so many recommend them I have no idea.
Honestly, if you have a password manager that supports security keys then buy two cheap keys (one for backup) like the Thetis FIDO U2F Security Key and use those to secure your password vault. For everything else just use TOTP and Passkeys stored in your vault.
I invested in Yubikeys and yes it was a waste.
I'm getting ready to roll them out at work but it's basically exclusively for the password managers. Having a password manager and every account be unique isn't helpful if everyone's going to just use shit passwords for their password manager
If they have a security key then fuck it, they can use 'password' as a password 😀
Passkeys are one exception to the familiar pattern of "we give you more SeCuRiTY so we can spy on you more and control your behaviour better". They actually are more secure. Problem is, a lot of technical issues with it still, a ton of stuff not working correctly yet
I'm still appalled that my Yubikey / FIDO2 still doesnt work on Firefox. I have it as a passkey for GitHub, realized it doesnt work on Firefox, so they just prompt me for my password. That seems backwards to have password as a fallback, too.
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Remember when tap-to-pay was new and didn't work at a lot of places and some people were freaked out over it?
And now most of us use it without a 2nd thought.
I speculate passkeys will be like that.
I'd use it if it didn't cost extra in my country. Swiping my card really isn't much harder
Interesting, I didn't know it costs extra in some places. TIL.
sure, you can use a passkey as a primary authentication, but only "a device" or "system"(keypass/1pass etc) knows the passkey detail. with only passkey, if my passkey provider/ device is compromised then everything is lost. having single factor auth seems like a bad idea.
a password is something that I can know, so is still useful as a protection mechanism. having two factor auth should include password and passkey, which seems entirely reasonable whilst also providing an easier path forward for people used to TOTP.
On the contrary i want more services using passkeys instead of 2fa methods that are less secure (sms).
ITT: people who think only SMS, email and TOTP exist as 2FA.
And people who think only your phone can be used as passkey.
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Unless I've missed something big, passkeys are pretty easy for me if the website supports them imo.
Using KeePassXC, I click register on the website, register the passkey with KeePass, then it just works when I need to authenticate or login. My database is then synced across all my devices.
Passkey support is yet to come to KeePassDX on Android though, so I'll be awaiting that feature
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Passkeys are a great idea, but everyone involved seems like they want the process to be as much of a pain in the dick as possible. So until the industry pulls it's collective head out of its collective ass (not going to hold my breath on that one), it'll be passwords+2FA for me.
It feels like everyone is trying to tie people to their platform. Oh, and also use the opportunity to force shit like "no custom ROMs or bootloader unlocking" on Android at the same time.
Are custom ROMs or bootloader unlocking an issue for the passkey ecosystem? Not something I'd seen commented on yet.
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There's been a lot of pain in the attempt to portray it as "Just click the passkey button, and that's it! Your login is secured for life!"
No - Buddy. It is secured for this one specific device that I have biometric authentication for. What about my computer? What about my other computer that isn't on the same operating system? I have a password manager that stores these things, why didn't you save to that when I registered? Why is it trying to take this shit from my Apple Keychain when it's in Bitwarden?
And, the next ultra-big step: How would a non-techie figure this shit out?
And, the next ultra-big step: How would a non-techie figure this shit out?
They don't have a computer, another computer with a different OS, or bitwarden.
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The amount of people in this thread that don't understand passkeys surprises me. This is Lemmy. Aren't we the technical Linux nerds of the Internet?
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Passkey is "something you own" right?
I have something I own, it's a Yubikey
And how many sites support Yubikeys/Security Keys? Not many. I doubt we'll see more either now with Passkeys becoming more prominent.
I have two Yubikeys and other than securing my password manager vault they are rarely used elsewhere.
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Bitches don't know bout my awesome passkeys. It's like ssh key authentication for web apps. Just save the passkeys to my password manager & presto: use same keys on all my devices.
It replaces opening a TOTP app to copy a token with a click to select the passkey in a prompt from my password manager.
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What's wrong with passkeys? I'm in love with passwordless sign-in with yubikey, so much easier and faster than password + totp
It’s shitty user experience when forced to dig out my phone to authenticate myself to a site I barely give half a shit about.
Like I wouldn’t even have an account if it wasn’t forced, and now you assholes want my phone too?
I think you're describing SMS passcode, totp or other such factors.
Passcode doesn't require phone necessarily, but you can use it too
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I'll use banks as an example
If they cared about your security there would not be a mobile app or website.
Hell, credit cards would still require a signature.
It's about cost first and foremost and then convenience.
Has nothing about you as a consumer. They don't give 2 shits about you as a consumer.
Do you think signatures were at all secure? If they cared about security they'd do chip+pin like most civilized countries.
With proper infrastructure yes signatures are extremely secure. But that proper infrastructure doesn't exist.
I struggle to think of what that extremely secure infrastructure would look like. Are you imagining signing on an electric terminal and having a computer compare signatures at the time of sale? That seems like the most secure and still wildly insecure compared to a pin.
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