Bug 248864 - Consider enabling Apple Watch for WebAuthn user verification
Summary: Consider enabling Apple Watch for WebAuthn user verification
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKit Misc. (show other bugs)
Version: Safari Technology Preview
Hardware: Mac (Intel) macOS 12
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2022-12-07 03:16 PST by eirbjo
Modified: 2022-12-14 03:17 PST (History)
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Description eirbjo 2022-12-07 03:16:32 PST 
The platform/local authenticator implementation currently allows user verification by means of Touch ID biometrics, with a fallback to account passwords for cases when Touch ID is not easily available (clamshell mode or hard to reach sensor).

It would be convenient if the local authenticator also allowed verification using Apple Watch.

Apple Watch is already available as a screen unlock method and in other verifying contexts in MacOS, so it would seem reasonable to also make this possible in WebAuthn. It offers good usability, especially in clamshell mode when passord taping is the only other alternative.

For reference, Chromium has supported Apple Watch for WebAuthn for a while now: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1002526#c11
Comment 1 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2022-12-14 03:17:14 PST 
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