My problem with passkeys is this:
I don’t understand how to use them.
My current workflow when I sign up for a website is to save my login and password to my password manager. This works across all platforms and browsers, and I use both Mac and Windows along with using both Safari and Firefox.
If I choose the passkey option Passkey stuff comes up on Safari and I’m 80% sure that means I can’t use that passkey with my PC? I don’t know how to make sure my passkey isn’t lost by switching devices.
Then what do I do if I use an embedded web browser like the one on a Steam Deck or Meta Quest? With my current workflow I can just reveal the credentials and type them in in a worst case scenario that my password manager can’t be installed on that device.
I have no idea what I am supposed to do, and this is even true despite the fact that I am aware that my chosen password manager supports passkeys.
If this is the learning curve the average person is supposed to contend with I am hesitant to migrate because something this difficult to figure out will never be mainstream.
I would welcome any of you to tell me how this is supposed to work.
I don’t understand how to use them.
My current workflow when I sign up for a website is to save my login and password to my password manager. This works across all platforms and browsers, and I use both Mac and Windows along with using both Safari and Firefox.
If I choose the passkey option Passkey stuff comes up on Safari and I’m 80% sure that means I can’t use that passkey with my PC? I don’t know how to make sure my passkey isn’t lost by switching devices.
Then what do I do if I use an embedded web browser like the one on a Steam Deck or Meta Quest? With my current workflow I can just reveal the credentials and type them in in a worst case scenario that my password manager can’t be installed on that device.
I have no idea what I am supposed to do, and this is even true despite the fact that I am aware that my chosen password manager supports passkeys.
If this is the learning curve the average person is supposed to contend with I am hesitant to migrate because something this difficult to figure out will never be mainstream.
I would welcome any of you to tell me how this is supposed to work.