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Google starts rolling out passkey support for Android and Chrome
- exabrial 4y agoWhat if I don't want a Google account in order to do so? What if I don't want to use my mobile device?
- bertman 4y agoThis is not a Google product, it's an initiative by the so called FIDO alliance [0]. You need some kind of secure backup for the private keys, which Google, Apple, Microsoft etc. already offer as part of their account system. Regarding the need for a mobile device: I guess it technically wouldn't need to be a mobile phone, but that is the easiest way to get biometric authentication and a secure enclave. This is how passkeys work. Don't like it, don't use it. It will probably take quite some time before services offer passkeys as their only authentication mechanism. [0]https://fidoalliance.org/members/ https://fidoalliance.org/members/
- bertman 4y agoDiscussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33178285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33178285