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The only reason you care about copying your password is because it's usually (always?) the only credentials you have for a service. This isn't true of webauthn
by growse 2y ago
The only reason you care about copying your password is because it's usually (always?) the only credentials you have for a service.
This isn't true of webauthn/passkeys. The number of use cases where you need to "make a copy of " or "backup" your passkeys is zero. I get that some providers let you do this for some level of convenience, but you can opt out of this and just enrol multiple distinct credentials with each service.
- oefrha 2y agoUnless you want to re-log into and re-enroll every service you ever signed up for when you get a new device (which is when lots of people get rid of their old device, it’s even what device manufacturers recommend, see trade-in prompts when you buy a new phone), you do need to migrate credentials. > The number of use cases where you need to "make a copy of " or "backup" your passkeys is zero. That just tells me you haven’t thought about the problem at all.