Passkey and 1Password

lodaka

Thanks for sharing your experience. Security keys use the same underlying webauthn technology that passkeys do and 1Password can't tell the difference between a security key and a passkey. Personally I would save your actual passkey in 1Password and use a hardware key, or TOTP, for two-factor authentication if needed.

Part of the reason for doing the above might be... that, even with a passkey, Google still lets you login using a password only. By doing the above, there is no way to login without having a passkey, i.e. the weakest link argument.

The password option is still available for most services since not everyone has made the jump to passkeys yet and some platforms may not yet support passkeys (such as older devices). In those cases, a password would still be useful for signing in.

-Dave