Can’t you access your password manager from a web browser? Or your phone?
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Brokkr@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoSure, they probably work great when you have your password manager on the device, but that’s not when I need to have backup routes into my accounts. When using a new device, or someone else’s, having even a complicated password that can be typed or copied-pasted has way more functionality.
As far a I can tell, using passkeys would only risk locking me out of my accounts. Everyone else is already effectively locked out.
queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Brokkr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oops, meant passkey manager, fixed it.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Isn’t that the same thing? All my credentials & passkeys are in the cross-platform password manager available from all my devices & any web browser. Passkeys even have a cross-device flow, so we can just scan a QR code & use a phone to sign into anything.
Manually keying in a password just feels so boomer.
Brokkr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Not at all the same. I can type or dictate my passwords on any device with a keyboard. I am not reliant on an individual device continuing to work. In fact I could get all new devices tomorrow, with no access to any previous device, and log into all my accounts within minutes.
Passkeys do not allow, and specifically prevent, that.
Vittelius@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
You could also use dedicated hardware to store your keys. Any FIDO USB key will do. I have a Yubikey that cost me less than 30 bucks.
It’s really handy, because I frequently use someone else’s device for work. All I have to do is plug it in, press the button on the key and enter the master password for the passkey storage. It’s like having a password manager on a USB stick.
smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 weeks ago
I can access my password manager via the browser from any device.