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Kure
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2 months ago

How to use Passkeys on Temp Device

If i made a passkey for some site on my phone, lets say github, and then I needed to log into github from someone else's computer, there's a way to do that. you click passkey on different device, then it generates a QR code that you scan with your phone, then my phone asks for a thumbprint or my PIN and then i click yes and the site logs in. not my favorite user flow, but it exists and it works

now lets assume instead that my github passkey is in 1password. my 1password is not on the device that i need to log in on. how do i log into github now? since 1password works pretty different on PC and on Android, if the answer is different i'd like both.

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  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    2 months ago

    Hello Kure​! 👋

    Thanks for the question! In a situation where you have a passkey for a website saved in 1Password and you're signing into that website on a device that doesn't have 1Password installed then you can use a QR code and 1Password on your mobile device to sign-in. Before doing so, make sure that 1Password is installed on your mobile device and that autofill is setup on that mobile device: 


    Then, if you're signing into the website on your Windows PC, you'll choose the option to sign in using another device and scan the QR code using the camera app on your mobile device. You should then see the option to sign in using 1Password. 

    Let me know if you run into any issues or if I misunderstood the question.

    -Dave

    • Kure's avatar
      Kure
      New Contributor
      31 days ago

      Thanks for the reply Dave. scanning the QR code with my phone does not work for me. i have the latest version of 1Password for Android, and i have a passkey for github set up in github stored in 1password, but when i scan the QR Code Google's passkey system is the one that pops up, not 1password. i've tried to delete my device passkey but you don't seem to be able to. do i have to add the FIDO:/ protocol to 1password's list of links it should be the default app for or something?

      • 1P_Dave's avatar
        1P_Dave
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        30 days ago

        Kure​ 

        Thank for the reply. Configuring 1Password for autofill on your Android device should be all that you need to do, using these steps: Set up Autofill

        When you try to fill a login on your Android device, in a browser for example, do you see suggestions from 1Password? Or just Google's built-in password manager? Are you able to share what kind of Android phone you have? 

        -Dave