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I seem to be in the minority of HN users that love passkeys. I use them for any login that I reasonably can. When creating a passkey I create one in iCloud Keyc
by samcat116 2y ago
I seem to be in the minority of HN users that love passkeys. I use them for any login that I reasonably can. When creating a passkey I create one in iCloud Keychain as well as in 1Password. I do agree that there needs to be a better import/export story, but I have confidence that will come.
- aednichols 2y agoSame. It is annoying to dodge the prompts that guide me to save in Chrome or iCloud instead of 1Password, but with patience I have always succeeded. Of course, I know what I want and when to ignore what the machine suggests, which I wouldn’t expect of non-enthusiasts.
- SXX 2y agoI would even get idea to make passkeys non-exportable, but lack of import feature for me as power user just kills passkeys for me.
- Gigachad 2y agoThere is a draft spec for transferring keys between password managers. It's complex because they don't want to make it possible to have your passwords dumped insecurely on your computer. But to have them transferred directly between credential stores securely.
- jeroenhd 2y agoSame here. My passkeys are in Bitwarden and they're more complex and secure than any password websites will let me enter. I don't trust cloud providers like Google and Apple to keep my secrets for me, but with Bitwarden I can just dump the secrets and load them from a backup if I wish to do so. I've also been pleasantly surprised at how well logging in through CTAP2 works. Any laptop/desktop PC with Bluetooth can use the Bitwarden vault on my phone (after unlocking it with a password, of course) to log in with very little hassle. Much better than copying over passwords, or opening the password vault on every PC I need to log in to something.
- Too 2y agoSmart to have two sets to avoid complete lock in.