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Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by reddalo on Saturday February 28, 2026 @04:31AM (#47192833)
I'm also completely against passkeys. A safe password and a good password manager are way better, they don't lock you into any platform.

It's super sad to see all kinds of websites offering you to add a passkey when you log in.

Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by lxgr on Saturday February 28, 2026 @05:27AM (#47193333)
> A safe password and a good password manager are way better, they don't lock you into any platform.

An open, cross-platform passkey implementation does all that too, and on top of that prevents you from accidental password leaks via logs, MITM etc. by default.

> It's super sad to see all kinds of websites offering you to add a passkey when you log in.

As long as they're not forcing you to add one, what exactly is your problem with having more choice?

Personally, I am grateful for every site that doesn't require my phone number to sign up and uses passkeys for authentication instead, yet I also don't want SMS authentication banned for everybody since I understand it currently works better than Passkeys for many people.

Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by dariosalvi78 on Saturday February 28, 2026 @05:18AM (#47193221)
passkeys are a great idea, but poorly implemented
Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by tuwtuwtuwtuw on Saturday February 28, 2026 @04:39AM (#47192897)
I was planning to make use of passkeys when logging on to various services, so I ordered three physical devices, supporting passkeys (yubikey). I ordered USB C and USB A variants, with NFC support.

Is this a mistake? I am already using password manager and totp for my accounts, but I am tired of dealing with passwords.

Even when using a password manager (bitwarden in my case), it just get tedious bringing out my phone, starting auth app, locating the correct account, reading 6 digit token and logging on.

Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by reddalo on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:37AM (#47197335)
No it's not a mistake. But say you lose the Yubikey, or you're away from home. How do you deal with that? You still need a password somehow.
Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by tuwtuwtuwtuw on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:43AM (#47197410)
Sure. But I think that is same scenario as me loosing my phone today, since I use that for two factor auth.

My plan was to continue using bitwarden for passwords as well, but more as a break-glass mechanism that I really use. I want to use passkeys mostly for convinience.

Re:Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data by pamcake on Sunday March 01, 2026 @02:26AM (#47204514)
You're good. The relevant advice in article is to not reuse keys for encryption and auth.

Encrypting password manager database with a passkey or other authentication key on one of those yubikeys would be the mistake. Encrypting it with a separate dedicated key (or passphrase) on the same yubikey in parallel to its passkeys is fine.