Should I be using passkeys on my Apple devices when websites offer it? I’ve heard they are good (basically public key crypto) but I’ve also heard that the way Apple and Google are implementing them promotes ecosystem lock-in. Does anyone know if it’s easy/possible to move a passkey from an Apple device to a non-Apple one? CC nostr:npub1g2jpj7x9rjcqd9dp3hnvja2tjr3q3hf362z3ulrfzpyfnsdw5qlqyayjj6 I feel like you might know about this.
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They never seem to work for me 🤔
You can put the passkey in 1password instead of the OS. I also don’t trust apple to actually let me have my keys. Nor have I got passkeys to work for me either. So, seems like a good idea but….
Bitwarden also supports Passkeys.
Can recommend KeepassXC for ultra easy portability. Also has browser extensions, to use them easily there. Hearing good things about Bitwarden as well, but have not tried.
Nope as far as I know it's impossible - there is no standard yet for exporting/importing keys. Thinking also, Apple would not want to go with that - it would be like letting iMessage run on Android. So what I've been advising is to use passkeys with a service that will follow you across devices and OSs. In my case I'm using Bitwarden, but I think 1password (or similar) is also doing it.