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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.
Apple Passkey
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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?
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)?
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#153How 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?
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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?
Like 1Password
https://blog.1password.com/1password-is-joining-the-fido-all...
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#155This 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...
But then apple has your keys....
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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
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#157Any word if something like this can be shared with Bitwarden?
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#158This 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....
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#159This 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....
You can disable iCloud Backups and still use iCloud
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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?