🔑 Log in with Passkeys beta

Hey everyone, let us know if you’ve had a chance to try out signing into your Bitwarden account with a passkey!

You can also store the passkey on a hardware key protected by a pin that wipes data after X number of failed attempts.

Passkeys only work on the originating website, so it’s a great way to avoid falling prey to a phishing site.

More information in the Help Center article: https://bitwarden.com/help/login-with-passkeys/

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… and/or bypasses the new device verification… (–> Who is excluded from this account email-based new device verification?)

 

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As far as I remember, the OS also must support that. (e.g. on Windows 10, even with a PRF-supporting browser and e.g. a YubiKey 5, you can’t create and use “login-with-passkey”-passkeys with encryption, as Windows 10 doesn’t support that… if MS didn’t change it in the meantime)

Thanks @Nail1684 I updated the post to direct to the Help Center article that contains more detailed info. :slight_smile:

I don’t know what you expect in this thread exactly:

I can share that for me using Linux (Ubuntu) with a Chrome based browser (Brave), login with Password works perfectly with a Yubikey. And I love this feature.

It is probably off-topic for this thread: it would be nice to be able to unlock the vault the same way.

Glad to hear that, just cleaning up the beta forum to close out old app versions and highlight ongoing beta programs.

We do have an existing feature request if you haven’t already dropped a vote: Unlock Bitwarden with 2FA, e.g. security key / YubiKey (instead of, not in addition to password)

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Yes, I find it very convenient (and secure) to access the Web Vault using a Yubikey, and when passkey login comes to the browser extension, I will finally be able to introduce some family members to Bitwarden. Any update on that?

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Windows 11, desktop and browser (Firefox) working flawlessly with various Yubikeys and Yubico Security keys.

Windows 11 is basically double the keystrokes/clicks for anything security key related, but that is not on you guys and Bitwarden passkeys are working great.

Windows 10, nearing EOL and I still have not found a way to get passkey encryption working. This is actually what prompted me to install Windows 11 finally.

Apparently Apple added support for PRF in iOS 18, so hopefully will be able to use them on iPhones soon too.

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