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Unable to sign into Yahoo using a passkey
1Password says "passkey available" on my Yahoo card, but it's not! Instead they use a Yahoo dedicated "Account Key" instead. So why show this message?
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Wow that's one weird method Yahoo's using!! Indeed you're right: with them when you setup a Physical Security Key (you don't have a choice, they don't list "passkey" anywhere as a security method), it creates a Software Passkey, and of course 1Password will store it as a passkey. The problem with that confusing approach is:
- Passkey should NOT rely on a physical key, as it's the case here
- Their method is not standard and will mix up people (in my opinion they already are)
At least it allow us to name the key, so it'll be easier if Yahoo ask for the physical key in the future (cause I use 3 keys)
One weird fact though: the key I inserted has a finger reader (NOT a fingerprint reader), and on every other site asking me for a key, I had to press my finger on the key to validate I'm there, but not this time. It accepted the key right away!
Yahoo, you're weird guys!!
