In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Anna Pobletts of Passage about passkeys, how passkeys work, how to implement passkeys on your website or app, what the recommended UI is for passkeys, what happens to your passkey if you lose your phone, and more.
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome
01:36 Why do we need something like Passkeys?
03:34 What are Passkeys for?
10:04 What took us so long to get to Passkeys?
11:07 Where’s the two factor part of Passkeys?
13:08 How are Passkeys phishing resistant?
14:44 What happens to your Passkey if you lose your phone?
18:40 What’s the password recovery workflow like with Passkeys?
23:08 Having a backup device helps a lot with Passkeys
24:58 Why companies should use two factor or Passkeys
29:26 What are the standards and tech behind Passkeys?
32:38 What kinds of companies are implementing Passkeys?
34:34 What is the recommended UI for telling users about Passkeys?
39:17 How do you implement Passkeys on your app or website?
41:47 1Password open sourced low level libraries
47:34 What does the future look like for Passkeys?
51:07 Supper Club questions
53:44 Sick Picks
1Password
Have I Been Pwned
1Password Watchtower
Passkeys.directory
passkeys.dev
FIDO Alliance - Open Authentication Standards More Secure than Passwords
Sick Picks Cascadia
Shameless Plugs Passage by 1Password
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