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lodaka
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2 years ago

Passkey implementation and usage

Hello, I wasn't sure where to post this; so, please move this thread to an appropriate place if needed.

After the recent update, I am now experimenting with the passkey function of 1Password. I've read many articles but I still not 100% sure how this works in real life, and where 1Password fits in.

As my first foray into this, I enabled Passkey on one of the websites, using the Windows app of 1Password. I see that it now created a "passkey" entry in the program. I have two issues:

  1. It still left the password / mfa entries alone, both in 1Password and the website. I am assuming that it's now safe to remove the password / mfa? Is this recommended?

  2. I then used my phone to go to the same website, thinking that 1Password somehow will be sync'ing this same passkey to my phone for me to "use". However, I am not sure how this sync'ing is supposed to work. How does the website know that I have this passkey? For instance, when I tried logging in using "Passkey", it says something like "Your device is not registered". Does this mean I have to repeat the same procedure for each device?

I think I understand passkey better as a concept than how it works in real life. I am a bit more concerned about #2 above, as I would not be able to to "copy and paste" the passkey (haha) the same way I would with passwords. This makes sense except that I shudder to think that I need to create a passkey for each device I have.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.


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