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I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley (hawksley.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 56 points 1 month ago (11 children)

A password manager is better than passkeys in 2026

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Some password managers can sync passkeys for you! Bitwarden can handle it

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    android doesn't allow 3rd party apps to use passkeys nor autofill 2fa consistently. For passkeys, you are forced to use google services for it, or loose access, making it pointless. TOTP codes meanwhile can at least be copied and pasted manually from a password manager.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    https://developer.android.com/identity/passkeys/manage-passkeys

    Actually not, 3rd party Android apps can act as passkeys providers

    With Bitwarden you can even do your own self hosted sync of passkeys

    https://bitwarden.com/blog/bitwarden-passkeys-mobile/

    Any app where it doesn't work has chosen to not use the right API

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    It's android version dependent. Only 14 and up support 3rd party providers.

    Passkeys are supported on devices that run Android 9 (API level 28) or higher.

    On many devices, Credential Manager stores passkeys to Google Password Manager by default. Users can choose other password managers as its passkey providers in the System Settings on Android 14 or higher.

    Given the slowness of android version rollouts, this will be an issue for a long time.

    I also think supporting older androids is pushing apps to do it the "wrong" way and making it google specific.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Really depends on what you mean by passkey, since it's actually a fairly vague term for a bundle of technologies.

    I don't really care for password manager passkeys; just use a password, all it really does is save you from needing to enter a username in a login flow.

    But I'm a big fan of hardware 2fa using non-resident keys ("passkey" lite); I'll use a regular login flow with a password manager, then the 2FA step with a hardware token. Basically bulletproof (ditto if you secure your PW manager with hw 2fa) and painless.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Even pw synced passkeys at least have the benefits of both being phishing resisting + replay protected, as well as being able to use the TPM chip for extra local protection.

    Hardware keys are logically simpler though

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    It's a false dichotomy to have one or the other. I use passkeys as a quicker and more convenient way to log in to some sites, but I still have passwords in my password manager as a fallback.

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