Support was first offered in May, but now Google suggests it as the default choice.

Passkey is some sort of specific unique key to a device allowing to use a pin on a device instead of the password. But which won’t work on another device.

Now I don’t know if that key can be stolen or not, or if it’s really more secure or not, as people have really unsecure pins.

    • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1•9 months ago

      That’s a terrible take … He’s confusing “what it does and how it works” with “how you manage it”.

      It’s like saying “don’t call it a password if you write it down”. It’s confusing and unhelpful.

      • @Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
        8•9 months ago

        No it’s literally in the spec. Passkeys are designed for cross device synchronization. You have to go out of your way to make it local only (or use a different webauthn spec like physical security keys)

        • @atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2•9 months ago

          They’re just private keys. By nature you can copy them wherever you want. I guess I don’t know why he’s making that distinction at all.

          • @Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
            4•9 months ago

            The original spec is resident keys including TPM protected or hardware token protected keys designed to be impossible to copy. That’s why there’s a distinction.