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Yeah, I think people will lose their passkeys a lot. I think companies are happy to provide another service ("passkey syncing") that you will pay for for life.

Yeah, I think people will lose their passkeys a lot. I think companies are happy to provide another service ("passkey syncing") that you will pay for for life. Back In The Day you could be a freeloader by remembering your passwords like a nerd. No longer. The loophole is closed! That said, passwords are actually so bad that anything would be an improvement over them. While a stealable passkey vault sync'd to your malware-infested Windows laptop is not ideal for security, it's sure better than typing your bank password into your favorite forum because you don't understand that website administrators can see your password when you type it on their site. (Not to mention phishing.)

jeroenhd 1y ago
Apple, Google, and Microsoft already do passkey sync for free. They don't do exports, though. However, there are various third party solutions for synching passkeys that aren't tied to your computer manufacturer. I don't think passkeys are going to replace passwords any time soon, and I don't think freeloaders are even part of the equation here. You can share a passkey through Bitwarden just as easily as you can share a password. Freeloaders already need to jump through hoops to share passwords and even then they're getting off easy; if streaming companies actually cared about catching freeloaders, they could stop the practice all together. What they're doing now is just signalling them that you're not supposed to and adding very minor annoyances to the mix.
- jrockway 1y ago
  Only in their own ecosystem, though, right? I use Windows and an iPhone; nothing syncs. I use 1password instead.
  - blokey 1y ago
    Would iCloud for Windows help sync things for you? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2babf5e03/icloud https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2bab... After you set up iCloud for Windows, you can use iCloud Passwords to access your passwords in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge using a browser extension. You can also manage your passwords in the iCloud Passwords app.

jeroenhd 1y ago

Apple, Google, and Microsoft already do passkey sync for free. They don't do exports, though. However, there are various third party solutions for synching passkeys that aren't tied to your computer manufacturer. I don't think passkeys are going to replace passwords any time soon, and I don't think freeloaders are even part of the equation here. You can share a passkey through Bitwarden just as easily as you can share a password. Freeloaders already need to jump through hoops to share passwords and even then they're getting off easy; if streaming companies actually cared about catching freeloaders, they could stop the practice all together. What they're doing now is just signalling them that you're not supposed to and adding very minor annoyances to the mix.

jrockway 1y ago
Only in their own ecosystem, though, right? I use Windows and an iPhone; nothing syncs. I use 1password instead.
- blokey 1y ago
  Would iCloud for Windows help sync things for you? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2babf5e03/icloud https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/icloud-windows/icw2bab... After you set up iCloud for Windows, you can use iCloud Passwords to access your passwords in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge using a browser extension. You can also manage your passwords in the iCloud Passwords app.