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Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by msravi on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:37AM (#35858475)
TOTP is already importable, exportable, cross-device, and works across managers.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by ukuina on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:42AM (#35858504)
TOTP is exportable? Google Authenticator and Microsoft Authenticator do not allow TOTP secret key export.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by boring_twenties on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:16AM (#35858660)
Why would you even look in the direction of either one of those apps when a superior and fully free version exists?

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis/

Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by stavros on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:11AM (#35859218)
Aegis is fantastic.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by okramcivokram on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:48AM (#35858530)
That's just how those vendors implemented it. There's nothing stopping you from using the TOTP apps that support the import/export functionality, as it's just strings, no secret sauce.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by msravi on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:45AM (#35858513)
Just use Aegis on mobile - it allows import/export. And add the TOTPs to a gpg encrypted pass vault on desktop/laptop.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by tzs on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:26AM (#35859002)
Google Authenticator added exporting a while ago, although it is annoying on some platforms except for the case where you are exporting to another device running Google Authenticator.

That’s because it exports via QR codes containing information for a batch of accounts. On Apple devices you can screenshot that QR code, but I’m told that on Android it disables screenshots so you need another device to save a copy (or you use a photocopier to make a paper copy).

Once you have the QR code, use a QR code reader to extract the data. There is open source software that can turn the batch data from the QR code into individual account data and individual QR codes so you can use them with other TOTP software.

Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by paranoidrobot on Monday May 08, 2023 @01:53AM (#35858550)
TOTP is also MITMable.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by wilg on Monday May 08, 2023 @02:09AM (#35858623)
True (ish). But doesn’t solve the same problem as passkeys so this isn’t very relevant.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by EtienneK on Monday May 08, 2023 @03:01AM (#35858883)
They are also phishable and man-in-the-middleable. So not a passkey replacement.
Re:Passkeys will be importable, exportable, cross-device, an... by EtienneK on Monday May 08, 2023 @07:44AM (#35860490)
Not entirely sure why this is getting downvoted. Passkey is the only non-phishable authentication mechanism that works out-of-the-box on billions of devices. That is huge value from a security perspective.