The scary part is not about losing her phone. It's about having to keep the old, no-longer-secure Android phone alive just for passkeys after getting a shiny (and secure) new iPhone.

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charcircuit 9 days ago | parent [-]

You can add the new phone as an additional passkey. I don't see how this would be scary.

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j1elo 9 days ago | parent | next [-]

I have 531 logins for varied websites and services. Would you enjoy having to change 531 passkey devices? Me neither. But default login flows in all these sites prompt you to use your current device as passkey by default, so people who don't know better (i.e. a general "everybody") are being gently pushed to do so.

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charcircuit 9 days ago | parent [-]

No, which is why there is the cross platform standard CXF which allows for cross platform sharing of passkeys. Apple has announced that support for this is shipping later this year with iOS 26. Google hasn't announced when they are shipping it yet.

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elteto 9 days ago | parent | next [-]

So until then you have to do what parent said? Change each one individually when you switch devices? Thanks but no.

	▲	ewoodrich 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		I keep all my Passkeys in Bitwarden, it works fine across different devices and I use all major platforms regularly (iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, ChromeOS). As a backup I've also added some extra duplicate Passkeys in the Chrome and iCloud password manager for the most important accounts in case I lose access to Bitwarden somehow.

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yunwal 9 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Would’ve been nice if the basic UX would have been figured out before passkeys were shoved down everyone’s throats

	▲	reginald78 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		It just wasn't an important consideration, unlike the attestation anti-feature.

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kbolino 9 days ago | parent | prev [-]

AFAIK, there is no requirement for websites to support multiple passkeys nor, if they do, to support them in a sensible way. Some sites do this well, most don't.