“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.

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I still have no idea how to use passkeys. It doesn’t seem obvious to the average user.

I tried adding a passkey to an account, and all it does is cause a Firefox notification that says “touch your security key to continue with [website URL]”. It is not clear what to do next.

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I think you actually have to buy a passkey device. Then configure it to work with a particular account.

You plug the passkey into your computer and then whenever it asks for a password you literally touch it and it does its thing. I think there are options like biometrics that you can add on top but you don’t have to have that.

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If that’s what’s needed, I can say with some certainty that adoption isn’t going to be picking up any time this decade.

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They’ve been around forever as a concept I think I even have one for accessing some servers at work. You’re right no one uses them.

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Devices themselves can act as passkeys too - I.e. your phone, laptop etc…

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…except the ones that can’t

I think it depends on whether you have a TPM chip in it

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After my password manager auto filled a password and logged me in the website said “Tired of remembering passwords? Want to add a passkey?” I didn’t know what it meant so I said no lol.

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Me too, I don’t trust the system and I don’t want to be locked into a specific browser and/or device.

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