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0 pointsgeden9mo ago0 comments

Passkeys work very smoothly with Safari and Apple Passwords.

Apple Passwords now sufficiently good to replace 1Password for me and I’m slowly transitioning.

I don’t mind subscription models per se but there was something about subscription for your own passwords that made me refuse to jump the fence when 1Password switched to that model.

Would be a bit faffy if you’re a Chrome user.

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jonplackett9mo ago

It works fine until you dare to have TWO accounts for the same website. Safari will just randomly pick one of them and always tray to log you in with that passkey every time you visit, and the interface for using a different one is really annoying.

dpoloncsak9mo ago

Maybe im misremembering, but I feel like it gave me an option between two accounts recently?

Let me see if I can get it again

ascagnel_9mo ago

Apple handles it cleanly in Safari (you get a list of the accounts you're registered with on macOS, and iOS gives you the two most-recently-used accounts for that website with a button to reveal more).

The implementation in Chromium browsers (I use Arc, so I can't speak to Chrome itself) is basically a chunkier-looking 1Password.

jonplackett9mo ago

Well if that’s what’s meant to happen, it does not happen for me. All I get is the same account over and over again that isn’t the one I want to log in with. No matter how many times I tap the little x and then select the account I want, carefully avoiding the gaze of Face ID which will automatically use the selected passkey if it spots me.

dpoloncsak9mo ago

Ahhh I see. Typical Apple, honestly

xobs9mo ago

I've never gotten passkeys to work on the Mac. Every time I try it with either Firefox or Safari says I need to log into iCloud, which I really don't want.

al_borland9mo ago

I stick with 1Password, because I don’t want my password manager to be part of the barrier to using other platforms.

I also have a bunch of stuff in 1Password that doesn’t have a home in Apple Passwords, which would be a problem.

And yes, Chrome with Apple Passwords is annoying. At work I’m forced to use Chrome for some things, and I’ve been dabbling with Apple Passwords. Every time I launch the browser I have to put in a code to link the extension with Passwords. It’s very annoying.

kelnos9mo ago

... or like most people, and not a Mac user.

hgomersall9mo ago

Or anyone that thinks a monoculture is bad and that perhaps we shouldn't trust a single vendor with everything important.

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jonplackett9mo ago

dpoloncsak9mo ago

Maybe im misremembering, but I feel like it gave me an option between two accounts recently?

Let me see if I can get it again

ascagnel_9mo ago

The implementation in Chromium browsers (I use Arc, so I can't speak to Chrome itself) is basically a chunkier-looking 1Password.

jonplackett9mo ago

dpoloncsak9mo ago

Ahhh I see. Typical Apple, honestly

xobs9mo ago

I've never gotten passkeys to work on the Mac. Every time I try it with either Firefox or Safari says I need to log into iCloud, which I really don't want.

al_borland9mo ago

I stick with 1Password, because I don’t want my password manager to be part of the barrier to using other platforms.

I also have a bunch of stuff in 1Password that doesn’t have a home in Apple Passwords, which would be a problem.

kelnos9mo ago

... or like most people, and not a Mac user.

hgomersall9mo ago

Or anyone that thinks a monoculture is bad and that perhaps we shouldn't trust a single vendor with everything important.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse