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GitHub Introduces Passkey Support

by thepaulmcbride on 7/13/23, 11:19 PM with 13 comments

  • by botanical on 7/14/23, 7:51 AM

    How on earth are the big players introducing this when we can't even back up the keys?

    Another things is I "lost access" to passkeys.io while trying out passkeys. My phones Bluetooth was switched off, and by the time my phone created and saved a passkey, it timed out on the computer. So now I can't login with that passkey and it only fails. Seems like I'm locked out now...

  • by arielcostas on 7/14/23, 4:24 PM

    What's the difference between using this and having my password autocompleted by my password manager and then getting prompted for Windows Hello? I've had this setup for months now, and I don't see how removing the password factor from here will be better for me than having 2FA with Windows Hello, or my android phone via the QR thingy or an actual key such as Yubikey.

  • by bob1029 on 7/14/23, 8:11 AM

    At first I thought this was a great idea, but then confusion began to dawn after I read the UI...

    > Your device supports passkeys, a password replacement that validates your identity using touch, facial recognition, a password, or a PIN.

    > Your device supports passkeys, a password replacement that validates your identity using [...] a password

    What is being accomplished here if I choose to activate a "passkey" using a "password" for GitHub?

  • by ishanjain28 on 7/16/23, 6:58 PM

    This does not support firefox on linux. I believe firefox shipped a feature on linux in last few months which should make this work.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 7/14/23, 5:03 AM

  • by aaomidi on 7/16/23, 8:23 PM

    IPv6 when