There was a related news recently, that bitwarden and other pw managers will be able to sync passkeys between devices. Won't that solve these issues?
My thoughts exactly. I use Bitwarden and passkeys sync flawlessly between my devices. Password managers tied to a a device or ecosystem are stupid and people shouldn’t use them. This is true whether you use passwords or passkeys.
That said, we cannot blame users for bad UX that some platforms and some devs provide.
Bitwarden is not usable on Linux desktop, keeps asking for password. The password can't be too short, so it takes some time to type it in. I turn off my computer when it's not needed, so I would just need to type in the password when I turn it on again.
Anyone have a better solution?
A better solution is to disable vault lock. It is very much usable (mostly talking about browser extension).
Not in all situations. And in a way a user will not be aware of. The service or website can define what type of passkey is allowed (based in attestation). You may not be able to acutally use your "movable" keys because someone else decided so. You will not notice this until you actually face such a service. And when that happens, you can be sure that the average user will not understand what ia going on. Not all passkeys are equal, but that fact is hidden from the user.
It does*.
However when I'm trying to login with a passkey in my mobile browser, Bitwarden prompt isn't showing up. I don't know what's wrong.
I've found on my android phone that the bitwarden prompt comes up more reliably if I tap on the password field instead of the username field.
That’s weird, it works for me. Is there something you need to click on the mobile site?
What's your browser-Bitwarden setup?
The same flow works for me on desktop (firefox+bw plugin).
I remain hopeful. Initially, when Keypass wanted to include a simple export option there was talk of banning them from using Passkeys.
thats close to what i have been fucking saying and getting hate for.
so im glad someone has written it on a damn blog to legitimize it?
Why not just passkeys with a “magic link” fallback though?
This is the same as forgotten password so ytf not
With a password manager I'd argue its better but supports still not all there yet. I am waiting on bitwarden right now to support mull, basically its blacklisted, but it was added in the last 2 weeks so now its a waiting game.
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