Re:GitHub Introduces Passkey Support
by growse on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:53AM
(#36723253)
> How on earth are the big players introducing this when we can't even back up the keys?
> Another things is I "lost access" to passkeys.io while trying out passkeys. My phones Bluetooth was switched off, and by the time my phone created and saved a passkey, it timed out on the computer. So now I can't login with that passkey and it only fails. Seems like I'm locked out now...
What does "backing up" the key achieve over and above just registering another key?
Re:GitHub Introduces Passkey Support
by FlxMgdnz on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:26AM
(#36734136)
Hey, quick note from the creator of passkeys.io: You can always enter your email address on the login screen and this will initiate a fallback auth flow via email passcode.
> Another things is I "lost access" to passkeys.io while trying out passkeys. My phones Bluetooth was switched off, and by the time my phone created and saved a passkey, it timed out on the computer. So now I can't login with that passkey and it only fails. Seems like I'm locked out now...
What does "backing up" the key achieve over and above just registering another key?