On this episode of The Vergecast, we figure out passkeys once and for all.

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?

  • narc0tic_bird@lemm.eeEnglish
    29·
    11 months ago

    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.

    • aksdb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      11 months ago

      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.

      • sunbeam60English
        3·
        11 months ago

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

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

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

      Fun