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Passkeys are an easy and secure alternative to traditional passwords that can help prevent phishing attacks and make your online experience smoother and safer.

Unfortunately, Big Tech’s rollout of this technology prioritized using passkeys to lock people into their walled gardens over providing universal security for everyone (you have to use their platform, which often does not work across all platforms). And many password managers only support passkeys on specific platforms or provide them with paid plans, meaning you only get to reap passkeys’ security benefits if you can afford them.

They’ve reimagined passkeys, helping them reach their full potential as free, universal, and open-source tech. They have made online privacy and security accessible to everyone, regardless of what device you use or your ability to pay.

I'm still a paying customer of Bitwarden as Proton Pass was up to now still not doing everything, but this may make me re-evaluate using Proton Pass as I'm also a paying customer of Proton Pass. It certainly looks like Proton Pass is advancing at quite a pace, and Proton has already built up a good reputation for private e-mail and an excellent VPN client.

Proton is also the ONLY passkey provider that I've seen allowing you to store, share, and export passkeys just like you can with passwords!

See https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-passkeys

#technology #passkeys #security #ProtonPass #opensource

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[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

The real question is why the fuck is this guy passing for two password managers if not more, especially if he isn't even using one?

[–] DeepChill@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I’m not 100% clear on the pricing. Do I get this for “free” as part of a premium subscription to Proton Mail/Drive/Calendar or is this a separate subscription?

[–] danie10@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Probably best to see their comparison but free account mainly excludes Integrated 2FA authenticator and only has two vaults, but unlimited logins. I'm on the unlimited account (for VPN and mail) so can't check for sure.

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How do I create a passkey with Proton Pass then? I don't see that option when pressing the big Plus button.

[–] IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If the site you're using supports passkeys, it should have an option in your account settings somewhere to create one. When you do, proton pass (or whatever other password manager) will prompt you to save that passkey. You can't manually create one in Proton pass, it has to be the website requesting to save one.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I see! So essentially it's like creating a separate key pair for each login/site? Or will I be able to reuse the same public key/passkey for many different sites once it's created?

[–] IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first, each account gets its own passkey.

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