When I talk Passkeys, I definitely mean hardware by default, which is how most websites position it: it's normally described as "set up a passkey for this device" and in practice the vast majority of people using them will be using a fingerprint reader in a laptop or on their phone, because most people don't set up password managers with passkeys.
To me, using a software for passkeys is a hack only power users will do, and yes, I see it as a bad idea.
Right now I believe Yubikeys can do 25 passkeys, which is a pretty low limit, but it offers enough to protect your most important accounts, and right now I doubt many people have more than 25 sites they use that support passkeys (of course, hopefully that goes up quickly).
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When I talk Passkeys, I definitely mean hardware by default, which is how most websites position it: it's normally described as "set up a passkey for this device" and in practice the vast majority of people using them will be using a fingerprint reader in a laptop or on their phone, because most people don't set up password managers with passkeys.
To me, using a software for passkeys is a hack only power users will do, and yes, I see it as a bad idea.
Right now I believe Yubikeys can do 25 passkeys, which is a pretty low limit, but it offers enough to protect your most important accounts, and right now I doubt many people have more than 25 sites they use that support passkeys (of course, hopefully that goes up quickly).