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Proton Pass now supports passkeys on all devices and plans: Beating Bitwarden to mobile devices

proton.me Proton Pass now supports passkeys on all devices and plans | Proton

Proton Pass supports passkeys for everyone, allowing you to manage and use passkeys across all devices seamlessly.

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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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!

1Password has had this for several months.

As others have mentioned, Bitwarden also has this. This really feels like an ad.

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

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I really want to like Proton and all their shit, but they seem to heavily advertise everything they have on every software and product they have in a very intrusive and annoying way.

Simply logging into Proton mail and being bombarded by Proton promotional shit feels like Google all over again.

The app reminds me constantly that I'm a piece of shit for not supporting them by subscribing to their VPN, etc etc.

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This reads achingly like an advert pretenting to be a social media post. BitWarden works fine for third party pass keys on every site I've used it on, ta - and I can self-host it.

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Is this an ad?

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all devices

Lies, there's no Linux app yet. As usual, Proton Inc continues to treat Linux users as third-class citizens, all whilst claiming they care about privacy and security.

Edit: They don't even have a macOS app yet lol.

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Vaultwarden is completely in my hands though

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They will have to rip Bitwarden (soon Vaultwarden) from my cold dead hands.

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I have a question that is kind of off topic. If I use a password manager and generally use randomized secure passwords, do passkeys offer any additional security?

By practicing good password behavior, I have struggled to see how the benefits of passkeys out weigh the hassles.

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Everyone should downvote ads type post if you want to keep the community clean.

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Can I get an explanation on what exactly passkeys are? I already use bitwarden for passwords, is there any good reason to switch to passkeys if that works for me?

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I don't like passkeys yet because they're implemented poorly on most platforms, IMHO, because they replace two factors with one. Some don't let you also turn on two factor auth at all which is dumb, but the ones that do then often only have options that use your device as a factor either through text or email. So if the passkey is your phone and you add text messages as the 2 factor option, that's still your phone. Or if your passkey is your laptop and you're logged into your email on the laptop, it's just one.

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Does it beat Bitwarden though? Bitwardan has supported at least 2 services for me using passkeys ,one of which is google.

I might be misunderstanding this,but it doesn't seem like proton beat anyone to anything.

Edit for info: https://bitwarden.com/passwordless-passkeys/

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I started using Strongbox on iPhone & Mac for passkey support Bitwarden is still there too, esp for PC, but I may move to an all KeePass setup.

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The real question is why the fuck is this guy passing for two password managers if not more, especially if he isn't even using one?

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Yeah but I trust bitwarden

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I’m not 100% clear on the pricing. Do I get this for “free” as part of a premium subscription to Proton Mail/Drive/Calendar or is this a separate subscription?

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I was considering Proton Unlimited and moving away from separate SimpleLogin and Bitwarden Premium to get my costs down. Has anyone moved from Bitwarden to Proton Pass? How was the experience?

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Passkeys seem like mtls...so much so that I'm not sure what the difference is.

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Now they need a desktop app

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I really really like proton pass, was using Google password manager prior but I primarily use Firefox and Firefox's password syncing is just bad. Proton pass has been a surprisingly reliable password manager.

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Has anyone used pass keys? I have been hesitant to try them out. Using them, do they basically keep you logged in all the time to a given site?

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I get "This device does not support passkeys" on Sony Xperia 1 V running android 14

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How do I create a passkey with Proton Pass then? I don't see that option when pressing the big Plus button.

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I don't trust proton and I don't know why anyone would

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