On this episode of The Vergecast, we figure out passkeys once and for all.

Passkeys: how do they work? No, like, seriously. It’s clear that the industry is increasingly betting on passkeys as a replacement for passwords, a way to use the internet that is both more secure and more user-friendly. But for all that upside, it’s not always clear how we, the normal human users, are supposed to use passkeys. You’re telling me it’s just a thing… that lives on my phone? What if I lose my phone? What if you steal my phone?

  • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    The way I intend to handle this is with my keypass password manager since the file database has to be synced manually. The way I handle this is one copy of the database lives on my phone, which is my primary device. Then I copy this database to a flash drive, and then copy it to my laptop. The update process goes something like update the credential on my phone and then a few months later, during my scheduled backup routine, copy the database to the flash drive and then copy the database over to the laptop. So the most I could lose is a few months worth of data instead of all of it. If my phone is ever stolen, I still have a copy of the database on both the flash drive and the laptop, which at most might be a few months out of date, but nothing severe.

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      I just use Bitwarden and all that shit happens automatically.

      • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        I know my way is quite unconventional, but I don’t rely on any clouds whatsoever. If I lose my data, it’s my damn fault.

        • subtext@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          That’s the problem though, I know I would lose my data and my Bitwarden account is my literal key to my entire digital life.

    • Onsotumenh@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I use Syncthing to automatically keep the database up to date and usable on all of my devices. Autotype on PC is such a nice feature I wouldn’t want to miss (and it increases security on top of that).