Passkeys now work for Google accounts

[TenFour]

You can now choose to log in to your Google account using passkeys instead of a password. https://9to5google.com/2023/05/03/go...ount-passkeys/

Can't wait for this to become more widespread.

[Folio]

Google automatically added my phone as a passkey, and I added a FIDO2 hardware key as a second passkey. I am curious to find out if this really will reduce the number of occasions when I will need to enter a password.

[TenFour]

Passkeys are different than that automatic adding of your phone as a 2FA option. Same with Yubikeys. There is now a new option to use your phone as a passkey, meaning you won't need a password or the 2FA options on the account. Though, for now they want you to leave the passwords and options, and they claim they will add additional scrutiny to logins that use the password when you have the passkey option turned on. Not ideal until you can eliminate the fallback options.

[Folio]

Originally Posted by TenFour

Passkeys are different than that automatic adding of your phone as a 2FA option.

Yes, my phone is registered as both a 2FA device and as a passkey. I have two hardware keys that serve as 2FA devices and a different hardware key that serves as a passkey.

See screenshot of phone automatically added as passkey:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LDG...usp=share_link

[TenFour]

See screenshot of phone automatically added as passkey:

Interesting. Thanks. Seems like they really want everyone to move to passkeys. Hopefully, this will also prevent the problem of getting locked out of your account when travelling to another part of the world, which has happened to me.

[TenFour]

Google blog post on this: https://blog.google/technology/safet...-the-password/