Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password

Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by Armic on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @10:27AM (#35802813)

What happens if you lose all your hardware factors (eg if you have a home fire)? Are you just locked out of all your accounts with this approach?

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by barkerja on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @10:33AM (#35802884)

Not if the Passkey was synced (ex: you used iCloud keychain). If the passkey was not synced, then I would have to assume it would be the same if you lost a physical hardware key.

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by Gasp0de on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @11:36AM (#35803685)

How do you access iCloud without your passkey?

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by warkdarrior on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @11:39AM (#35803724)

Call Tim, he'll vouch for you.

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by barkerja on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @01:09PM (#35804895)

I use a yubikey. But AFAIK, Apple doesn't actually use passkeys for iCloud/Apple ID authentication.

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by Gasp0de on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:33AM (#35814274)

Not yet, but Google wants them to become ubiquitous. So in that (far) future, backing your passkeys up in a cloud (that is also protected by passkeys) doesn't help

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by ezfe on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @01:39PM (#35805301)

Apple account recovery supports setting a recovery code or having a friend listed as a recovery contact.

Apple does not yet support Passkey for iCloud accounts login.

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Re:Passkeys: The Beginning of the End of the Password by AlexandrB on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @02:56PM (#35806263)

Complain loudly on Twitter and hope your tweet goes viral.

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