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> Fortunately, both iOS and Android also support "detachable passkeys" a.k.a. Yubikey and co That’s good to know. Although my concern would be, that’s really
by signal11 3y ago
> Fortunately, both iOS and Android also support "detachable passkeys" a.k.a. Yubikey and co
That’s good to know.
Although my concern would be, that’s really good for people who use YubiKeys, but regular people won’t, and they can then get bitten by account lockouts.
Is there something regular users can do to use Passkeys (let’s say they use Google) and have some recourse if Google locks them out?
Also, what happens if they use Android, have no other computing device (this is fairly common in some parts of the world), and their phone gets stolen?
- waboremo 3y agoPasskeys don't negate regular account recovery processes. Just as if you were to lose your password, you would have to talk to support.
- knallfrosch 3y agoRight now, the identity of an account is tied to knowledge of the email address and the password. Something you know. If you forget the password, you need access to the email account. With passkeys,the identity of the account is tied to either a BIGTECH account, or to physical devices. If BIGTECH locks you out or you lose access to all your physcial Yubikeys at the same time, you will never access the account tied to the passkeys again.