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lengotengo
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2 years ago

Q - What exactly happens when we unlock an already trusted app with a passkey?

I was wondering. When we unlock an installed app, let's say 1Password on the browser on ChromeOS, we have to log in again with a passkey. I suppose this is necessary to get again the key to th...
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1P_Dave
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2 years ago

Hello lengotengo! 👋

Thank you for the questions! Our Security Design white paper goes into detail about how passkey unlock works both during the initial authentication process and for subsequent unlocking of the 1Password app. Please see Unlock with a passkey or single sign-on on pages 42 to 48 and Device keys used with passkey and single sign-on unlock on pages 80 to 81:

Let me know if you have any questions after giving that a look. 🙂

-Dave