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A rebuttal to an anti-passkey, pro-TOTP post that has made the rounds on Lemmy as well.

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[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You don’t, you can have multiple passkeys, one for each device.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

ok.

How do you add a new device to your account without a password or the old device?

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Password, then get a prompt about registering a new passkey.

After that I can use the passkey registered on either device.

Edit: to clarify, most sites still let you log in with a password after you’ve registered a passkey

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The the account is still as vulnerable as a password.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, but you’re less susceptible to phishing when you login with a passkeys.

It’s also makes logging in faster.