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I don't get the problem, if you can enter your password you can also enter your Windows/macOS/Android/iOS password/PIN to authenticate with your passkeys. Windo
by jeroenhd 3y ago
I don't get the problem, if you can enter your password you can also enter your Windows/macOS/Android/iOS password/PIN to authenticate with your passkeys. Windows Hello will accept a TPM PIN if facial recognition and fingerprint scanners aren't available, for example. Android will unlock the passkey storage just fine if the fingerprint scanner dies by using the PIN instead.
Your fingerprints and your passkeys aren't connected at all. You can choose to only connect them to biometrics if you opt to disable all alternative authentication methods on your computers/phones/etc, but as you explained yourself, that would cause quite a few problems.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agobasically this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39706876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39706876
- jeroenhd 3y agoI don't see the connection? There are pros and cons to passkeys, and the linked comment has some valid concerns, but you will always be able to use your passkeys without biometrics as long as your phone and computer will unlock without biometrics.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoIt was the wrong comment, sorry about that. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40172324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40172324