#verikeys

[weirdsocket]

art v. artist 2022 ..

i didn't get to do much this year between school and work but im pretty pleased with what i've accomplished! 🫧

[dandelionsprout42]

Diary of figuring out Windows Hello's phone login claims

Tumblr doesn't lend itself well to long scientific analyses, so I'll keep it sort-of shortform:

Got curious after Windows 11 23H2 added support for Android biometric logins in Windows Hello. Was extremely hard to find any info on which Android apps were needed.

Initial setup involved chrome://flags to set Credentials settings to Enabled, then use Barcode Scanner to scan the QR code, then choose "Open in Browser". I think.

Non-Google sites would frequently complain (and many still do) about "No passkeys available" or "Something went wrong". The correct app turned out to be Google Password Manager, which is a part of Settings in at least Android 10.

After 5½ hours of monumentally convoluted research, I got it to work on Microsoft, Adobe, and Coinbase accounts (in addition to Google). Whereas GitHub (ironically), Nintendo, PasskeysIO, and eBay seemed uninterested in working with it.

Bonus tip: If one doesn't have VeriKey (though I have one), or have bad luck with Android-to-Windows passkeys, Bitwarden's browser extension can apparently store passkeys fairly easily with no hardware need.

[weirdsocket]

oh we were so serious, shy, inexperienced

[weirdsocket]

i want to love you madly