Ebay
eBay Prompts for Redundant SMS Verification After Passkey Authentication
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Personal experienceImported from BlueskyPublished Oct 14, 2026
Impact: annoyance to customers
From the original report
“EBay weirdness. They can use passkeys for login now. Hurrah! Unique, unphishable, top grade security, protected by 2FA (faceid)! But then for some bizarre reason ALSO want to send an SMS code! That really adds nothing at all to security, and annoyance to customers.”
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Details & sources
- How received
- Imported from Bluesky
- Source published
- Oct 14, 2026
- Observed
- Unknown
- Added to CleanApp
- Oct 14, 2026
- Product connection
- Affected product or place
- Original issue status
- Unknown
- Resolution
- Unknown
- Verification
- Not independently reproduced
Source count unknown
Why this source type: The author describes encountering unexpected login behavior on eBay where an SMS code is requested despite using passkey authentication.
CleanApp AI summary
eBay Prompts for Redundant SMS Verification After Passkey Authentication: During the login process on eBay, users are prompted for an SMS verification code even after successfully authenticating with a biometric passkey. This defeats the intended friction-free security model of passkeys.
Report counts are not affected-user counts. A closed original issue does not confirm a fix.
Public ID: rpt_UBRXBVY7teRTQKMQ5CvAjg