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Re:The Cryptography Behind Passkeys by paulryanrogers on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:34PM (#43986497)
> I definitely don't trust anything that "syncs to the cloud".

What if you lose your device? Do you install alternate passkeys in a second device? Do you have to do that for every site and service?

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Re:The Cryptography Behind Passkeys by johnisgood on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @01:47PM (#43987309)
I use KeePassXC, and I have backups, if that counts, at least for passwords/passphrases and TOTP.
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Re:The Cryptography Behind Passkeys by lurking_swe on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @04:01PM (#43988598)
do you have offsite backups?
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Re:The Cryptography Behind Passkeys by johnisgood on Thursday May 15, 2025 @03:48AM (#43992776)
I do not have any backups on any servers, I have them on other media that I have physical access to.
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