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What are your thoughts on passkey login? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by bilbobaggins@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They’re FIDO keys but bad.

Here’s a great blog post from someone who knows what they’re talking about: https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream/

[–] bilbobaggins@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Very enlightening read. That service lock-in is so real. I had some passkeys in Google Password manager (Android) just to try them out, and then wanted to move them to Bitwarden. I had already disabled Google Password manager on my phone to use Bitwarden. Imagine the headache I had to deal with to move a single passkey over to Bitwarden (really, I deleted one and added one, while dealing with UI hurdles). Until this improves (if ever), I'll probably stick to my passwords and normal 2FA.