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Re: Apple Passkey

#151
post #148

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Buy a cheap USB dongle for BLE?

Also, in what world can you buy a computer with no radios anymore. Even $10 SOC computers have radios.

Many desktop motherboards don't have onboard wifi or bluetooth, so unless you installed a card for that they are limited to ethernet.

Re: Apple Passkey

#152
post #100

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Just add more authenticators to every RP (site you auth into). From the point of view of an RP, "your account in the Apple ecosystem" here is the exact same thing as "one of your Yubikeys", basically.

That seems like an enormous pain if you have dozens or hundreds of services. It could take hours to do this one at a time. (I'm assuming one minute per service, though that depends on how hard it is to find the "add another authenticator" page for each service.) It's possible I'm unaware that there is a simple protocol for this. Am I incorrect here?

It's probably more painful than that.

Let's say that I have two laptops, a MacBook Air and a Lenovo ThinkPad. I create an account with an Apple Passkey on a website. I can now log into my account on the MacBook Air, but not on the Lenovo ThinkPad.

How do I register my ThinkPad? I need to log into my existing account to add a new authenticator (Windows Hello in this case). Does the website offer an email link I can use to log into the account? Do I have a backup code that I need to use? Do I need to set a password and log in the normal way (thus removing the advertised phishing and database leak benefits)?

Re: Apple Passkey

#153
post #63

How do I leave the Apple ecosystem if I go all in on this? Sounds like major vendor lock in under a deceptive title of “open standards” but I’m hoping I’m wrong here. Does anybody happen to know yet?

I always was curious about this stuff. I don't want all my eggs in a basket and have to depend completely on others for "logging in". Apple and Google and other Big Corps(tm) have shown they are just fine with terminating your accounts without any recourse and/or warning with no practical way to appeal it. Passwords managers aren't subject to that limitation and all faang companies can do is kill your accounts for their particular services.

Re: Apple Passkey

#154
post #90

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> Also we still need ways of exporting keys and software (like 1password) needs to synchronize them, manage them securely. There's still a long ways to go on that front, which probably won't be handled until stuff like this has settled. That's the point of passkeys here: iCloud Keychain syncs them, and if you want to use your keys on a non-apple device you'll be able to scan a QR code, which initiates a new BLE conne…

I'm writing this on a non-Apple computer that doesn't have any radios. Now what?

Then use another password manager that supports passkeys?

Like 1Password

https://blog.1password.com/1password-is-joining-the-fido-all...

Re: Apple Passkey

#155
post #46

This is based on the open standards WebAuthn and FIDO2, where the credentials (“passkeys”) are synced via iCloud Keychain. Currently you need remember to register at least 2 security keys, in case one is lost/misplaced. The syncing of passkeys in iCloud solves this backup problem. https://fidoalliance.org/apple-google-and-microsoft-commit-t...

> The syncing of passkeys in iCloud solves this backup problem.

But then apple has your keys....

Re: Apple Passkey

#156
post #150

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> Also we still need ways of exporting keys and software (like 1password) needs to synchronize them, manage them securely. There's still a long ways to go on that front, which probably won't be handled until stuff like this has settled. That's the point of passkeys here: iCloud Keychain syncs them, and if you want to use your keys on a non-apple device you'll be able to scan a QR code, which initiates a new BLE conne…

Yes, obviously, but I was mostly referring to being able to share outside iCloud keychain, and in general 3rd party software support for this -- but, I wasn't aware of the BLE option, which is very interesting! I'm already very invested in 1Password (which I would like to integrate somehow, ideally) but that's good to know

https://blog.1password.com/1password-is-joining-the-fido-all...

Re: Apple Passkey

#158
post #46

This is based on the open standards WebAuthn and FIDO2, where the credentials (“passkeys”) are synced via iCloud Keychain. Currently you need remember to register at least 2 security keys, in case one is lost/misplaced. The syncing of passkeys in iCloud solves this backup problem. https://fidoalliance.org/apple-google-and-microsoft-commit-t...

> The syncing of passkeys in iCloud solves this backup problem. But then apple has your keys....

I would assume that they are at least encrypted locally before being uploaded to iCloud. (But yes, Apple could always change things)

Re: Apple Passkey

#159
post #46

This is based on the open standards WebAuthn and FIDO2, where the credentials (“passkeys”) are synced via iCloud Keychain. Currently you need remember to register at least 2 security keys, in case one is lost/misplaced. The syncing of passkeys in iCloud solves this backup problem. https://fidoalliance.org/apple-google-and-microsoft-commit-t...

> The syncing of passkeys in iCloud solves this backup problem. But then apple has your keys....

iCloud Backups != iCloud syncing iiuc. Passwords/Wifi/etc. syncing is a different E2EE system.

You can disable iCloud Backups and still use iCloud

Re: Apple Passkey

#160
post #90

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> Also we still need ways of exporting keys and software (like 1password) needs to synchronize them, manage them securely. There's still a long ways to go on that front, which probably won't be handled until stuff like this has settled. That's the point of passkeys here: iCloud Keychain syncs them, and if you want to use your keys on a non-apple device you'll be able to scan a QR code, which initiates a new BLE conne…

I'm writing this on a non-Apple computer that doesn't have any radios. Now what?

We scrap the whole thing since it didn't work for 1 person...
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