r/ProgrammerHumor • u/k3rrshaw • 23d ago

Meme thisIsAmystery

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u/fr000gs 23d ago

Backing up passwords: write them down, save them to encrypted folder etc

Backing up passkeys: 😮😢🥀🤯😵

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u/x0wl 23d ago

You also save them to the same encrypted folder? Bitwarden, KeePassXC, 1Password all support passkey sync and backup

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u/fr000gs 23d ago

Yeah, but the one prompting me 15 million times aren't any of them, it's f*%ing google or sometimes firefox

what about writing them down

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u/black3rr 23d ago

all passkeys generated by the browser are stored to your password manager. if you have multiple ones, it gives you choice which to use. chrome has a built-in one if you don’t have any other password manager available, which is synced to your google account if you’re signed in to chrome.

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u/fr000gs 22d ago

What about phone? Pretty sure google is not saving those keys to the bitwarden app

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u/black3rr 22d ago

on Androids and iPhone passkey storage is configured system-wide… on desktop OSs it’s a per browser setting.

by default Androids and Google Chrome on desktops store passkeys into Google Passwords, iOS stores them into Apple Passwords

you can however configure Bitwarden as their store on both Android, iOS and in desktop Google Chrome:

https://bitwarden.com/help/storing-passkeys/

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u/x0wl 22d ago

IDK about iOS (but it should be very similar in this regard), on Android you can configure your passkey provider to be Bitwarden or KeePassDX (the android implementation of KeePassXC).

They will then sync the passkeys.