"Unlock 1Password with a passkey (beta)" - non-iCloud keys need support!
I've been a 1Password customer for a long, long time. I'm now moving to a passkey based system where I use physical security keys.
I was excited to try out the "Unlock 1Password with a passkey (beta)" (https://support.1password.com/passkeys/). Unfortunately, it looks like:
On Mac desktop, the only supported passkey is iCloud keychain. This means storing the passkey in iCloud. If I was going to do this, I would probably opt to store other passwords in iCloud Passwords. But I dislike iCloud for many reasons. I want to use my physical security key, not iCloud. There does not appear to be a way to use my physical security key (yubikey 5, a FIDO2 device)
On iOS, the same problem presents itself. I have not deeply investigated, perhaps it's possible to use a Yubikey as the "master" passkey for 1Password here? It looked similar to the Mac setup.
This is a really important issue for me and the company I work for. I am considering leaving 1Password which I would freaking hate to do, but other password managers support this feature. 1Password's support does look much better, e.g. there is no master password created, which is great! I would love to continue using 1Password, I just really need to be able to use a physical hardware key for the passkey and not iCloud.
Edit: After looking at some other posts, it's clear that a hardware passkey is supported, but that you need to use iCloud keychain for your first passkey. My organization is in a regulated industry so using iCloud as an 'in-between' step is definitely less than ideal.
I was able to:
- Create a new test account using a passkey stored in iCloud keychain.
- Add a new passkey, using my Yubikey (hardware security key)
- Delete the iCloud keychain passkey.
So if you have an e.g. Yubikey you'd like to use as your passkey, that's how you do it!
This worked fine. But it'd be nice to be able to skip the step!
1Password Version: 8.10.34
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: 14.5
Browser: Chrome