Why Passkey Implementation is 100x Harder Than You Think – Misconceptions, Pitfalls and Unknown Unknowns

June 24, 2024

With this blog post, I want to share with you the learnings on my way when working on a passkey-first auth solution and passkey intelligence with Corbado. All the hard truths, the unknown unknowns (factors that were not anticipated prior to my experience, essentially things we did not know we did not know), and the misconceptions should be uncovered, so that you know what to consider when implementing your own passkey-based authentication.

Source: Why Passkey Implementation is 100x Harder Than You Think – Misconceptions, Pitfalls and Unknown Unknowns

We’ve covered passkeys and related APIs and technologies quite a bit here, including hosting a front end security focussed online conference a couple years back, Safe.

But the reality is not always as straightforward as the demos, as the folks at Corbado discovered.