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Will passkeys be supported on Stack Exchange to allow passwordless sign-ins? Also, when passkeys are supported, can the option to use a password be removed entirely similarly to https://forums.kali.org?

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    SE mostly dosen't do much of its own logon any more - and passwords are load bearing for things like chatbots. For SE's internal account system, going fully passwordless would break things like chatbot and some tools people use to get around SE annoyances. You can in theory go fully passwordless if the external logon (basically google at this point) supported it
    – Journeyman Geek
    Commented 14 hours ago
  • Honestly, I have no idea what my Stack Exchange password is. Usually I just leave my computer logged in. If it's not already logged in, then I just use my password manage to autofill.
    – bobble
    Commented 14 hours ago
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    Also - related meta.stackexchange.com/questions/230490/…
    – Journeyman Geek
    Commented 14 hours ago
  • @JourneymanGeek That is not related as this does not involve two-factor authentication, just a passkey to login. They are different.
    – horsey_guy
    Commented 14 hours ago
  • passkeys are TFA + its folks previously requesting addons to login. Also, its useful to have it for reference in this context, so adding it to the comments adds it to be sidebar.
    – Journeyman Geek
    Commented 14 hours ago
  • The other options available have passkey support, so you could use that.
    – user7215
    Commented 13 hours ago
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    This is a great idea (provided they don’t make the common mistake of only allowing one passkey per account) that deserves to be upvoted. This is a long overdue step that the the industry is finally, slowly, moving forward on, and it would be great if Stack would join in. But it would have to be an alternative to passwords for users who want it, not a required replacement, since Stack clearly isn’t going to do the API work required to otherwise satisfy those use cases.
    – user1114
    Commented 13 hours ago
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    @user1114 Don't worry, I suggest this as an option (and maybe a replacement) to a password, but not a mandate.
    – horsey_guy
    Commented 11 hours ago
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    What does "can the option to use a password be removed entirely" mean, then? I would parse that statement as "can we remove the option to use a password", which would imply a mandate, but that's clearly not what you mean
    – bobble
    Commented 9 hours ago

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