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Passkey Implementation: Misconceptions, pitfalls and unknown unknowns

Read our learnings about passkey implementation challenges, pitfalls and misconceptions we faced while building passkey-first authentication

Even though he’s read some controversial posts on Hacker News about passkeys, he still thinks it’s a cool concept and from the company’s perspective, it makes a ton of sense to add it as an option (though, no one should be forced to use it, of course, so let the users decide what they want! The challenge lies more often before and after this particular ceremony and requires a lot of additional user flows that need to be implemented: Consider when to offer the passkey creation: after every successful login with an existing method? Although Windows 11 supports passkeys, the computer lacks Bluetooth, which is required for WebAuthn Cross-Device Authentication (CDA) via QR codes(it's a security measure to ensure both devices are in proximity).

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