Out of the blue, I received a text from my father asking me, “What’s the difference between a password and a passkey?”
Somewhere, in his daily online journey, he was prompted by a website or application — a “relying party” in authentication lingo — to create a passkey. But the benefit wasn’t clear to him. Nor did there seem to be any urgency. He figured I’d know what passkeys are and what to do the next time he gets a nudge to set one up. I told him, “Let’s talk before you do anything.”
Microsoft has said that it’s ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August…
Dashlane lets you open an account with a FIDO2-spec USB security key as your authentication.…
For all of us who hate passwords, passkeys represent a simpler and safer way of authenticating online…
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