Yep, any time you're asked to set up a passkey it feels like Russian Roulette with future access to that account. A year or so ago, a site I relied on started enforcing biometric passkey enrollment. Without thinking about it I logged into the site on my phone and enrolled there, but unfortunately (a) that meant it didn't get registered as an "other device" in the internal system, and (b) the site didn't work correctly on mobile devices (legacy system). So logging in on a desktop would then demand that I activate the passkey, but of course the passkey was on the phone. No way to access it, and the site didn't offer me the QR code / bluetooth method. I don't remember exactly why, but it just didn't work - probably had something to do with it not liking Firefox on Linux or something.
And to add insult to injury, it wasn't even a single factor login the way passkey advocates promise. The site still demanded a normal password to log in! It was actually 3 factor authentication; something I know (the password), something I have (the passkey), something I am (the biometric).
This wasn't some random website that didn't matter made by nobodies. It was a US government website for managing grant money.
And to add insult to injury, it wasn't even a single factor login the way passkey advocates promise. The site still demanded a normal password to log in! It was actually 3 factor authentication; something I know (the password), something I have (the passkey), something I am (the biometric).
This wasn't some random website that didn't matter made by nobodies. It was a US government website for managing grant money.