A rebuttal to an anti-passkey, pro-TOTP post that has made the rounds on Lemmy as well.

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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

So it's fair that you are neutral about them for your own use, clearly you know what you're doing. It doesn't make sense to be neutral about them, generally. On usability alone they are not good. There are so many people who don't have a clue how they work, or their consequences, and just click okay when continually harassed into using them. Some will even go ahead and save one on a shared computers, or someone else's, 'because the website says so'.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Honestly, I don't understand them well enough to recommend them either. I do IT, and I set my users up with a (managed) password manager and MS Authenticator. If I encounter a situation where a user has ended up with a passkey for a given service, I just leave it be. On the other hand, if someone is locked out because of a passkey, I reset it and get them set back up with the Authenticator app.

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