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TOWS
3 years agoFrequent Contributor
Trouble saving passkeys for websites flagged by Watchtower
Hey everyone.
So watchtower in iOS (iPhone) shows logins I have which support passkeys, this is great!
However, most of the items flagged up in watchtower ALREADY have passkeys! They were crea...
1P_Dave
Moderator
3 years agoHello TOWS! 👋
I'm sorry that you're running into trouble with passkeys on your iPhone. You wrote:
They were created while I logged in using my iPhone and 1password (to initially log in to set up passkey) but the authorized device is my iPhone and NOT 1P. Why doesn't 1Password add the passkey to the exiting login too?
It sounds like you may have saved those passkeys in iCloud Keychain, not 1Password, is that correct? In order to save a passkey in 1Password on your iPhone you'll first need to do the following:
- Update your iPhone to iOS 17: Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support (CA)
- Update 1Password for iOS to the latest version: How to keep 1Password up to date
Then use this guide to save a passkey: Use 1Password to save logins and sign in to apps and websites on your iPhone and iPad
Alas, I spent a good 20 minutes trying to find the passkey option on the website, after a quick phone call it transpires that they DO NOT offer the passkey security. On further investigation, I came to the realisation that Watchtower was looking at my username of said pharmacy which happened to be my Yahoo email address, and it was that email address to which Watchtower was telling me there is a passkey login available
That doesn't sound right. Is the pharmacy listed on the directory: https://passkeys.directory/
Do you only have the pharmacy's website address saved in the Login item for the pharmacy? Or do you see multiple website addresses in that Login item?
This is just one example of the many watchtower notifications regarding passkeys which are not actually supported for the sites flagged.
Are you able to share screenshots of one or two of these notifications? Make sure that nothing sensitive is visible in the screenshots.
I look forward to hearing from you.
-Dave