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by crazygringo 178 days ago
Right now, when I go to the security section of my Amazon account in Chrome, it (unasked) prompts me to add a passkey, and the popup on my Mac says, verbatim:

> Add a passkey? "amazon.com" supports passkeys, a stronger alternative to passwords that cannot be leaked or stolen. A passkey for "xxxxx@xxxxx.com" will be saved in "Passwords". Touch ID to Save Passkey Cancel

I don't have the slightest idea what "Passwords" is as the destination. My iCloud keychain? My Google account? My 1Password?
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timmyc123 178 days ago
Passwords is the name of the app on your Mac.
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crazygringo 178 days ago
OK, on the one hand TIL -- thank you! That's a super-meaningful piece of information.

On the other hand, you can understand why that is not remotely clear from the message. It's a generic term in quotes. If it said it would be saved "in the Passwords application (and synced to iCloud)", then I'd actually understand it.

So Apple is either being intentionally obtuse or incompetently confusing here, and I don't know which is worse. And it's UX crap like this which is why I still won't use passkeys, because I don't know where anything is going.

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timmyc123 178 days ago
I can certainly see the confusion. Thanks for highlighting it!
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polalavik 178 days ago
Exactly passkeys are confusing to the laymen (and not Laymen) because it’s is an orchestration across multiple services and devices.

If I’m using a passkey to login to my Gmail via chrome browser but used my phone what just happened - did it save in chrome? My Google account? My iPhone?

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timmyc123 178 days ago
The dialog provided by the browser or OS usually tells you where the passkey is saved.
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