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johnnygoodface's avatar
johnnygoodface
Frequent Contributor
3 years ago

Unable to sign into Yahoo using a passkey

1Password says "passkey available" on my Yahoo card, but it's not! Instead they use a Yahoo dedicated "Account Key" instead. So why show this message?


_1Password Version: 1Password for Mac 8.10.9 (81009029)
_Extension Version: 2.13.1
_OS Version: 13.4.1
_Browser: Safari

13 Replies

  • mikesilva's avatar
    mikesilva
    Occasional Contributor

    Security Key = Passkey, though in this case Yahoo may only allow you to use it for 2FA, rather than an authenticator app, instead of completely handling login. I seem to remember, however, being able to sign in with a passkey alone, once I removed my authenticator app 2FA.

    Not all sites have upgraded to allow Security Keys/Passkeys for complete 1 step login. However, even on those you can still create a security key, which 1Password will store as a Passkey, and eliminate having to fill an auth key. Presumably, if they aren't knuckle heads about it, once a site enables 1 step passkey login, the passkey you setup via their security key option will 'just work'.

  • johnnygoodface's avatar
    johnnygoodface
    Frequent Contributor

    I've turned off the Account Key, and now it only offers those choices when I turn on 2-step verification:

    So clearly Yahoo doesn't offer passkeys yet (at least in Canada)