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You can have more than one passkey.
You can still use password + 2fa
You can use google oauth.
You can use a YUBI key
You should probably have a primary and secondary auth for every site.
So, losing a passkey isn't a lost account?
Almost every company has some way to work around the 2FA loss.
I didn't know about the ability to use more than one passkey per platform. Something I'll have to investigate further.
Everybody does it differently. GitHub in particular allows multiple
If you are doing development or admin work, I would greatly advise you to pick up a Yubi Key.
My basic setup for any app/site that will allow it is two yubis and one passkey.
One yubi in the safe with next of kin instructions, one on my key ring.
Then any site that supports passkey, I'll also have one of those there too.
Yeah have been meaning to pick a few up but it's not been a top priority. Not really a developer more just a user that dabbles too much with a homelab while trying to be privacy & security conscious.
The cost alone is a bit of a hurdle with money going to life / house currently and another purchase of some silly computer thing will trigger her.
Or just a password that is known to you and only you.
Those are awfully dangerous on their own these days.
As soon as a poorly salted hash leaks or gasp, a hash with no salt, it's super easy to reverse those passwords now.
2FA severely reduces the danger of rainbow tables and keyloggers. The only real worry with 2FA is login replacement and interception. and passkey solves that, allbeit at the cost of complexity.
What’s the point of a passkey if you can still use a password
You can tell just from the response on this post people aren't all ready for passkey yet, but you can't wait fo them to decide they're ready before you start.