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Passkeys are not a trap. Use them! (hachyderm.io)

submitted 5 days ago by libewa@feddit.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A rebuttal to an anti-passkey, pro-TOTP post that has made the rounds on Lemmy as well.

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

How do you transfer your passkey to a new device?

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 days ago

If you use a self-hosted password manager like bitwarden, then its there. If you use a file-based password manager like keepass, then you can use any syncing method you choose, and its no different from passwords.

[–] sanzky@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

not sure about every OS but the ios password app has a menu button to export them to other apps. I have exported mine to my own self hosted vaultwarden. took 2 minutes

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You don’t, you can have multiple passkeys, one for each device.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

ok.

How do you add a new device to your account without a password or the old device?

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Password, then get a prompt about registering a new passkey.

After that I can use the passkey registered on either device.

Edit: to clarify, most sites still let you log in with a password after you’ve registered a passkey

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The the account is still as vulnerable as a password.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Yes, but you’re less susceptible to phishing when you login with a passkeys.

It’s also makes logging in faster.