Passkeys were developed by the FIDO Alliance, an industry body with the stated aim of helping to “reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords” with the likes of Apple, Google and Microsoft amongst its members. First promoted as an alternative to passwords back in mid-2022, the clever system relies on the same biometrics that allow you login to your iPhone, iPad, Windows PCs, Samsung phones and tablets, Android phones, and dozens more, without typing out a password or PIN.


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Engadget: What the hell are passkeys and why are they suddenly everywhere?

Passkeys promise a future without passwords, where we access our accounts as easily as we…

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heise: Passwordless login to GitHub: Passkeys in beta

GitHub takes another step to replace passwords as a login method and brings passkeys into…

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Cashy’s Blog: TikTok now also supports passkeys for login on iOS

The short video platform TikTok has announced that it will also be possible to log…

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