[dale_huevo]

The downfall of passkeys is that - as was inevitable - they are horrifyingly implemented webshit.

For example, nearly every visit to my Amazon orders page I am now greeted with a nearly full screen modal browser popup letting me know about passkeys and why I should switch to them RIGHT NOW. I politely declined - the first thousand times. I don't know if this is a site or browser issue and frankly I don't care anymore. It's spam at this point and I want nothing to do with it.

My hesitancy was rooted in concerns about potential issues pretty much what you just described so glad to know I was right.

Seems like passkeys use a very simple model where you are using a single device with a single browser or are somehow syncing across devices with some cloud service - and from your description it sounds like that doesn't even work.

No thanks - I'll stick with passwords. Did everyone forget about hardware tokens which are device and OS-independent and rely on no external infrastructre?

[littlecranky67]

Don't forget that a per-device passkey is the wet dream of any $MEGACORP wanting to track your habbits. Which is another reason why it is a no-go for me.

[nasso_dev]

> Seems like passkeys use a very simple model where you are using a single device with a single browser or are somehow syncing across devices with some cloud service - and from your description it sounds like that doesn't even work.

Unlike passwords, you can have multiple passkeys per account. You can have 5 passkeys for your amazon account if you use your amazon account on 5 different devices. If you lose device 4, or if it gets stolen, you can just delete passkey 4. The other ones are safe.

Or, you can use a syncing service like a password manager. Both solutions work!

[0cf8612b2e1e]

How many years did it take for Amazon to allow multiple yubi keys?

If giant tech company with infinite money cannot handle it, why should I have more faith in the dozens of services I use to do better this time?