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rctneil
Super Contributor
3 years ago

Confirm a Passkey question for me

Am I right in thinking that Passkeys are (right now at least), an alternative method to sign into an account?

Eg, If I set up a passkey for my Google account, that a Passkey won't be the sole method to access my account?

I ask this as there is no Passkey support on iOS or Android at present.

I think i'm right here but just want a yes or no confirmation.

Thanks

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  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    3 years ago

    rctneil

    That's an interesting idea, I believe that the current plan is to discuss passkeys in their respective platform categories here in the community. I don't think of passkeys as something that are supplementary to passwords but as something that we all hope will replace passwords so creating a separate category doesn't seem quite right.

    But the plan could change in the future and I've passed your suggestion along to the team. 🙂

    -Dave

  • rctneil's avatar
    rctneil
    Super Contributor
    3 years ago

    Oh and by the way, is there likely to be a Passkeys sub forum? Could be useful!

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    rctneil
    Super Contributor
    3 years ago

    1P_Dave I did see that. It looks great! Always love seeing how fast the team tries out new functionality each WWDC. Each year it gets faster, so next year I want to see the new functionality before they've even announced it!

  • rctneil's avatar
    rctneil
    Super Contributor
    3 years ago

    Perfect, Thanks. Really looking forward to being able to use my keys stored in 1Password on iOS.

  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    3 years ago

    Hello rctneil! 👋

    Whether or not a passkey will be the only way to login to a specific website will depend on each individual website and how they setup passkeys. For Google specifically, you can add a passkey as an option but you can still login using other methods such as a username and password.

    We're in the early days of passkey adoption, most websites will likely offer multiple ways to sign in (especially for account recovery) for quite some time.

    -Dave