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Proton Pass now supports passkeys on all devices and plans: Beating Bitwarden to mobile devices (proton.me)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Passkeys are an easy and secure alternative to traditional passwords that can help prevent phishing attacks and make your online experience smoother and safer.

Unfortunately, Big Tech’s rollout of this technology prioritized using passkeys to lock people into their walled gardens over providing universal security for everyone (you have to use their platform, which often does not work across all platforms). And many password managers only support passkeys on specific platforms or provide them with paid plans, meaning you only get to reap passkeys’ security benefits if you can afford them.

They’ve reimagined passkeys, helping them reach their full potential as free, universal, and open-source tech. They have made online privacy and security accessible to everyone, regardless of what device you use or your ability to pay.

I'm still a paying customer of Bitwarden as Proton Pass was up to now still not doing everything, but this may make me re-evaluate using Proton Pass as I'm also a paying customer of Proton Pass. It certainly looks like Proton Pass is advancing at quite a pace, and Proton has already built up a good reputation for private e-mail and an excellent VPN client.

Proton is also the ONLY passkey provider that I've seen allowing you to store, share, and export passkeys just like you can with passwords!

See https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-passkeys

#technology #passkeys #security #ProtonPass #opensource

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[–] Opisek 57 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Doesn't Bitwarden already have that feature? https://bitwarden.com/passwordless-passkeys/

[–] halcyoncmdr 47 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Bitwarden currently only supports storing and using Passkeys via the browser extension. You cannot use them on mobile.

[–] Opisek 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah I see. Hope to see it brought to mobile soon.

[–] lastweakness 12 points 7 months ago

They're rewriting their mobile apps to make it possible

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

But the Bitwarden extension works on Android Firefox, so you could probably use it that way.

[–] victorz 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Seems that way? Although I can't seem to create a passkey somehow. Or is that how it works? Should I be able to create one on a free Bitwarden plan?

Edit: only on browser extension, got it.

[–] beepaboopa 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think it has the ability to export/share.

[–] IonAddis 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Like in a file?

Bitwarden already syncs between PC and phone.

[–] beepaboopa 1 points 7 months ago

By "Share", I assumed with other password managers that supported PassKeys.

It doesn't necessarily have to be a file, it could be the config like a TOTP code is.

When you say bitwarden syncs between PC and phone, which service does it sync with on these platforms? I didn't know bitwarden synced with any other service.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yes, but as I said, as of yesterday still not implemented on mobile.