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Re:Passkeys now support external providers by kps on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:49AM (#36213676)
That emphasized sentence is key. Pessimistically, it could mean that password managers can ‘save’ only to the Apple OS passkey store, acting as an intermediary transport, without being able to provide cross-platform vendor-agnostic sharing.
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Re:Passkeys now support external providers by TheNewsIsHere on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:26AM (#36214302)
1Password previously announced that mobile support for passkeys stored in 1Password was on its way later. I assume they had advanced knowledge of this announcement.

I totally understand a pessimistic reading. In trying to roll out passkeys to everyone at once, and doing a poor job of UX and documentation clarity, all the major players bungled the 2022 launch. Not having some portability out of the gate absolutely caused unnecessary distrust about passkeys.

But I strongly believe this won’t become a vendor lock-in playground.

I have replied a lot about passkeys. I should disclose a former employer works in this space, but I’m not advocating for any particular company or product here, and I no longer have any inside knowledge relevant to the topic that isn’t already public.

Edit: grammatical typo; disclosure clarification

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Re:Passkeys now support external providers by kps on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @12:13PM (#36215013)
That's good to hear. If cross-platform sync is possible, passkeys are definitely a better option for the 95% of crud that currently lives in browsers' password managers.
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Re:Passkeys now support external providers by TheNewsIsHere on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @04:12PM (#36218487)
You mean this is annoying?

google.com (never save)

google.com (Jane.Doe)

google.com (Jane.Doe) (Grandma use this one)

google.com (never save)

google.com (Jane.Doe) (password missing)

google.com (Jane.Doe) *Your password may have been exposed in an online breach.

I fully agree with you. Passkeys solve a lot of usability problems, especially for the less technically adept, while solving so many password problems.

Edit: formatting nightmares

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