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guillaume0's avatar
guillaume0
New Contributor
2 years ago

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...
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1P_Dave
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2 years ago

guillaume0

Thank you for the feedback regarding PRF, I've passed it along to the team. 🙂

Regarding account recovery, our recommendation with the current implementation is to:

  1. Store your passkey in a platform provider (like iCloud Keychain) so that it's backed up and available on all devices signed into that platform provider.
  2. Add as many trusted devices to your 1Password account as you can.
  3. Generate and save a recovery code that you can use to restore access to your account if you lose your passkey or all of your trusted devices. As you mentioned, you will need to confirm the recovery using your email address.

I appreciate your thoughts on how the recovery process could be improved, especially if someone has lost access to their email address at the same time as losing their passkey or trusted devices. While I can't make any promises, I've shared your suggestions for recovery with the team as well.

Thank you for helping to test and improve passkey unlock for everyone. 💙

-Dave