Creating and managing a multi-device passkey

Creating and managing a multi-device passkey

A multi-device passkey allows you more flexibility in signing in to your NFID Wallet. There are two types of multi-device passkeys:

  • One that’s secured with your device manufacturer, like Apple’s iCloud keychain or Google’s Password Manager
  • One you carry with you, like a YubiKey USB dongle
Multi-device type
Advantages
Disadvantages
Device manufacturer (i.e. Apple, Google, Microsoft)
Convenient
Manufacturer trust
External security key (i.e. YubiKey, Ledger)
Trust only yourself
Harder to manage

We recommend creating a multi-device passkey with the device manufacturer for most. Our research has given no reason to doubt the security of a passkey stored in the iCloud Keychain or similar manufacturer storage solution.

Creating a multi-device passkey from a computer

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If you’ve already created a multi-device passkey on your mobile device, you will only be able to create a second multi-device passkey on a USB security key like a YubiKey or Ledger.

From the security page of your NFID Wallet, click on the “Create passkey” button. You’ll see a slightly different window depending on your browser and operating system.

From Safari
From Chrome and Edge
From Firefox

Creating a multi-device passkey from a mobile device

From the security page of your NFID Wallet, click on the “Create passkey” button. You’ll see a slightly different window depending on your device.

iOS device
Android device