posted in Technology
I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley
hawksley.dev/blog/i-dont-like-passkeysposted in Technology
I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley
hawksley.dev/blog/i-dont-like-passkeysReplying to @lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
For users who previously reused passwords across all their sites, passkeys are a huge step-up.
That is exactly why passkeys are a good thing. Basically everyone reused passwords everywhere.
Replying to @muzzle@lemmy.zip
A password manager is better than passkeys in 2026
Replying to @qevlarr@lemmy.world
Some password managers can sync passkeys for you! Bitwarden can handle it
Replying to @Natanael@infosec.pub
android doesn’t allow 3rd party apps to use passkeys nor autofill 2fa consistently. For passkeys, you are forced to use google services for it, or loose access, making it pointless. TOTP codes meanwhile can at least be copied and pasted manually from a password manager.
Replying to @Redjard@reddthat.com
developer.android.com/identity/…/manage-passkeys
Actually not, 3rd party Android apps can act as passkeys providers
With Bitwarden you can even do your own self hosted sync of passkeys
Replying to @Natanael@infosec.pub
It’s android version dependent. Only 14 and up support 3rd party providers.
Passkeys are supported on devices that run Android 9 (API level 28) or higher.
On many devices, Credential Manager stores passkeys to Google Password Manager by default. Users can choose other password managers as its passkey providers in the System Settings on Android 14 or higher.
Given the slowness of android version rollouts, this will be an issue for a long time.
I also think supporting older androids is pushing apps to do it the “wrong” way and making it google specific.
Replying to @Redjard@reddthat.com
14 and up seems to be about 80% of users, and I suspect there’s a correlation between people who want to use passkeys with a third party password manager and being within two major versions of current.
Replying to @Zak@lemmy.world
“I can’t run Linux because version 1.0 doesn’t support my GPU”