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brettn
Occasional Contributor
5 months ago

Confused About Passkeys

Hi everyone. I am confused about passkeys. On my laptop and phone, I have fingerprint verification but on my desktop facial recognition. Will a paskey created with say, a fingerprint also work with f...
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GreyM1P
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5 months ago

brettn

It doesn't! Your biometrics aren't actually part of the passkey, which is how it can sound based on the messaging you might hear from elsewhere.

As long as you can unlock 1Password where the passkey is being stored, you can use it. It's exactly the same as unlocking 1Password to use a password.