Great feedback. I'm still reviewing current information on passwords
and passkeys so will keep reading. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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On 1/22/2026 7:57 PM, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries wrote:
I had it set up across a few services and apps, before I came to my senses and
stopped doing that. It was fun, though, and I probably wouldn't be as informed
if I hadn't purchased those Ubikeys for real cheap when Cloudflare were
offering them at a deep discount. Ubikeys offers more than just the U2F you're
talking about; they could also do SSH authentication, and OTP based on tapping
the sensor (which emulates a keyboard to type one-time codes). It could also be
made to work like an integrated smartcard, allowing you to require the device
be connected to log on to the Mac.
The primary problem is, of course, that you've transferred liability onto a
physical device, with no hope of recovery just using information stored in your
head; that translates to a responsibility for you always to record two copies
of every U2F login. And most keys can't store more than a couple dozen entries,
so really, you want a password manager (for which you will have the credential
stored on your key) and passkeys (which are just an honest concession to
pragmatism and essentially replace the hardware key with software that performs
the same function).
Cheers,
Sabahattin
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