[Linux-aus] ART FOI review - myGov Code Generator app source code

[Andrew Donnellan]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2025, 20:23 Brian May via linux-aus, <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus <linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> writes:
>
> > Unfortunately, at least as I understand it[1], passkeys are inextricably
> > linked to the browser they were set up in and the key store applicable to
> > the OS used.
>
> This doesn't have to be the case. If you use 1password, passkeys can be
> saved to 1password, on mobile and browser. Both Firefox and Chromium
> based browsers supported (and probably others too) including on Linux.
>
> Sure 1password is proprietary. But the fact it can do it would seem to
> indicate that it should be possible to do the same thing with open
> source software too. No idea if any open source software supports this.
>

KeePassXC does, at a minimum, and I expect approximately every password
manager that a) has browser integration and b) actually matters, whether
Free Software or proprietary, will support passkeys in the imminent future.

Andrew
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