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Passkeys might really kill passwords (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Ninjazzon@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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?

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[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (12 children)

I highly recommend using something like Bitwarden or 1password (which can manage both passwords and passkeys), and then generating a passphrase using a method like Diceware. If you're paranoid you might prefer rolling your own with Keepass but for most people that's going to be a lot of work. I think 1password's model is about as secure as you could hope for while still trusting a 3rd party. Definitely avoid Lastpass. In addition to widely reported breaches, they don't even fully encrypt your data; only the password portion is encrypted while usernames and site data are plaintext.

[–] podperson@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Since 1P switched to subscription only (which is a dealbreaker for me), I switched to Strongbox. It's based on keepass, you can store/backup/host your own vault, and it also supports both passkeys and passwords. The UX is almost as good as 1P (few little minor annoying things, but no showstoppers for me). Been great so far.

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