Passkeys and Modern Authentication

This. All of this. Passkeys are a great idea, but the walled gardens are a huge problem. Also, services placing additional requirements (e.g., attestations) that potentially violate your privacy and anonymity.

Just now, at least in Europe, there is a huge push to force users to authenticate themselves with their actual identity, even for ordinary Internet services. This is happening simultaneously in many countries (including non-EU countries like Switzerland). It almost has to be a coordinated effort....driven by whom? Passkeys play into this.

Call me paranoid...

The walls are going to come down. KeyPassX supports passkeys and allows you to export them as you wish. 1Password and Apple Passwords have both said they're going to support exporting and importing of passkeys.

Yes, it's awful during the transition period while the tech matures, but there is a path towards a great future.

> KeyPassX supports passkeys and allows you to export them as you wish.

The last time I tried to use passkeys, the desktop was easy. What about mobile? There wasn't a local third-party password manager that could work with passkeys on Android.