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0 pointsnl3y ago0 comments

> Sites should likely let you enroll multiple such passkeys from different vendors (add a Microsoft Account passkey from your PC, a Google one from your Chromebook, etc).

This sounds good, except how would it actually work?

I register in on my iPhone, it uses a key kept on that phone/iCloud. I log in via Safari on MacOS and it works because of iCloud sync.

Now I go to login using Edge on Windows. How can the website find out that I'm the same user as the iPhone/Safari user since I can't sync my key, and I can't enroll my MS Hello ID (or whatever Windows uses) on my Mac or iPhone?

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dwaite3y ago

There is a cross-device system to sign in, using QR and proximity checks.

Once the user has signed in, a modality check shows that they logged in with another device, while a capability check shows that they _could_ have authenticated with the local device if it had been registered. This may trigger the site to prompt them to register the local device as a second mechanism (or they may just go to the self-service account management tab to do it themselves).

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dwaite3y ago

There is a cross-device system to sign in, using QR and proximity checks.

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