On this episode of The Vergecast, we figure out passkeys once and for all.

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?

  • sailingbythelee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    9 months ago

    I must admit that, despite reading about passkeys a bit, I still don’t understand the actual practicalities. I seem to recall that Bitwarden can store keys, but can’t generate them. If that’s true, who generates the passkey?

    • Spotlight7573@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      9 months ago

      Bitwarden can both generate and store them in the browser extension. It can also use them through the browser extension but it can’t yet use them through the mobile apps (they’re working on it).

      • Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Bitwarden pro right? ($10 for the year, totally worth it). My mobile app can create/use them already too.

        • Spotlight7573@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          9 months ago

          Don’t need the premium version of Bitwarden to use passkeys. The free version works.

          That said, $10 per year is not a big cost to support the company storing your vault and developing the apps.