A passkey is a digital credential that adheres to the FIDO and W3C Web Authentication (WebAuthn) standards
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How to implement Passkeys
I'm trying to learn more about Apple Passkeys. I use firebase as a backend and it seems like actually integrating it in my site is a hassle without having a custom backend…
Are there any solutions for Passkeys+Firebase implementation? Can't really…

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who creates the passkey (and how many will be created?)
Passkey is nice. The math is nice. The tech is nice. [web standard is a Zumutung <- ask chatgpt]
https://security.googleblog.com/2023/05/so-long-passwords-thanks-for-all-phish.html
What I still dont see:
What software CREATES the passkey.
User…

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Is password still needed when using Passkeys?
Both Apple and Google have demonstrated Passkeys at their developer conferences (Google I/O and Apple WWDC 2022), and Microsoft is also on board. Being able to transfer passkeys from device to device removes a major limitation of FIDO2/WebAuthn and…

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iOS autofill causes crash while click "key button"(over keyboard)
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Application tried to present modally a view controller <_SFAppAutoFillPasswordViewController: 0x106e22ee0> that is already being presented by…

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How to associate the localhost domain with my application identifier when using Passkey auth?
Working a Vapor application on localhost, and when trying to authenticate with Passkey using the iPhone simulator, the authorizationController(controller:didCompleteWithError:) delegate method triggers this error:
["NSLocalizedFailureReason":…

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How to know if a WebAuthn exception should be displayed?
I'm currently in the process of evaluating the implementation of WebAuthn/Passkeys on a website, and one thing that I'm having trouble finding information on is what exceptions from the WebAuthn API the user should be notified about.
There are many…

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Determine passkey supported devices/browsers visiting my website
I am trying to log the support for Webauthn and Passkeys of the devices/browsers visiting my webapp.
I am checking webauthn support this way:
window.PublicKeyCredential?.isUserVerifyingPlatformAuthenticatorAvailable().then((e: boolean)=> e)
and…

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Integrating Passkeys signCount 0
I'm trying to implement passkey into my app. I am wondering if ASAuthorizationPublicKeyCredentialAssertion.rawAuthenticatorData supports signCount. It seems the value is always 0.
Thank you!

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Does WebAuthn support finding out where passkeys are stored?
When I was trying out creating passkeys for my Google account, I was surprised to see that it knew where my passkey was stored (1Password, iCloud Keychain, security key etc).
Now, I have been studying the WebAuthn protocol for some time now, and…

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FIDO2 passkey attestaionobject fmt value 'none' wh
'FIDO2 passkey attestaionobject fmt value none'? Tested with a different cell phone, it's 'None'.
The fmt value is generated in other ways, but the fmt value is 'none' on the cell phone.
please help me... I don't know why.
Any small hints would be…

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User name and displayName change for existing passkey
The publicKeyCredentialCreationOptions contains a user object with an id, name, and displayName.
I understand the id is unique and not visible to end users, so it will never change.
However, what about name and displayName? On many platforms, users…

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Passkeys don't always work on Android phone, despite working on PC and iOS
I'm using Pixel 7 Pro and turned on the new Passkeys feature in my Google Account two days ago. I can login to Google Account using Passkey on my Windows PC (via Windows Hello/physical security key) and iPad, but not on my Pixel phone.
When I use…

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How do I show passkeys in the autofill prompt when the user taps the "key icon"?
I'm busy implementing passkeys but I'm encountering an issue with the autofill feature.
According to the WWDC video (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10092/ at around 14:30), when the user taps the "key icon" in the quick type bar,…

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Can you have a capacitor app invoke passkey on iOS?
I am trying to make a capacitor app that uses webauthn and invokes passkey on iPhone. Is this possible, does it require any plugins?
I tried just making fetch calls to my webauthn web server. It works on browser on iPhone and web, just not through…

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Is it possible to implement Passkeys with php?
I'm new to Passkeys and I was wondering if it is possible to use php to implement them as seen here: https://www.passkeys.com
Thanks and hopefully this isn't a silly question.
I've looked at OwnID and they have NodeJS, Python, and other…

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