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Use of PRF extension
Hi,
I've tried out the beta to unlock 1Password with a passkey, and it seems to work well, but I'm surprised that passkeys only serve the purpose of authentication. According to the white paper, t...
1P_Dave
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ModeratorHello guillaume0! 👋
Thank you for the feedback! The team appreciates your help in trying the beta and helping us test passkey unlock for 1Password!
Regarding why we went with a trusted device model rather than PRF, my colleague Mitch went into some detail in our Reddit AMA back in October: https://www.reddit.com/r/1Password/comments/16to6x7/hey_reddit_were_the_team_behind_passkeys_in/k3g2df3/
The Tl;DR is that we built our own solution for handling encryption when using a passkey since emerging standards like PRF are not yet widely supported. Our trusted device solution allows you to securely use passkeys to sign in to your 1Password account on any platform that you use without having to fallback to an account password for unsupported platforms.
That being said, the future of passkeys is bright and I've let the team know that you'd be interested in seeing support for technologies like PRF. 🙂
The absence of PRF also means that users can not take advantage of the passkey backup offered by Google Password Manager and iCloud Keychain.
Can you tell me a little more about this? If you save your passkey for 1Password in iCloud Keychain, it will be synced and available on all devices signed into the same Apple account.
-Dave
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