DL :)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoGoogle Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeysarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeysarstechnica.comDL :)@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareericjmorey@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI thought passkeys would make password managers obsolete for any authentication where a passkey is used. Maybe I’m not understanding something.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoBitwarden is going to support storing passkeys soon™, so I guess they wouldn’t.
minus-squareericjmorey@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThanks for that link. I’m going to read up on passkeys, because I clearly don’t grok the concept yet.
minus-squarenoodlejetski@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoyeah, me neither. I’m yet to figure out whether it’s actually better better, or “we companies say it’s better” better, heh.
minus-squarechrisn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.passkeys.io/ is a site that lets you try them. My phone is now the holder of a vital key, and my laptop will talk to my phone to see if I can login. No idea what happens if I change phones.
I thought passkeys would make password managers obsolete for any authentication where a passkey is used. Maybe I’m not understanding something.
Bitwarden is going to support storing passkeys soon™, so I guess they wouldn’t.
Thanks for that link. I’m going to read up on passkeys, because I clearly don’t grok the concept yet.
yeah, me neither. I’m yet to figure out whether it’s actually better better, or “we companies say it’s better” better, heh.
https://www.passkeys.io/ is a site that lets you try them. My phone is now the holder of a vital key, and my laptop will talk to my phone to see if I can login. No idea what happens if I change phones.