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datx
3 years agoNew Contributor
What am I missing with passkeys?
I am finally getting around to putting passkeys into action.. but something isn't adding up.
As a low risk test, I added a passkey to a bestbuy account. Started up an incognito session, and logge...
lodaka
3 years agoFrequent Contributor
@jonpw I will slightly (and only slightly) disagree there. I am making some assumptions here (because I think the idea is to combine PIN or biometrics with the passkey), but if Yubikey is the sole method of unlocking whatever account you want to access, then someone stealing the physical possession of it would potentially introduce a slightly elevated risk -- again I am making assumptions here as this would be somewhat targeted. My post of course also assumes that there is a separate method of authentication other than the same Yubikey to access the password (e.g. 1Password) in the first place.