Here is the best explanation of #passkeys I’ve seen and why they are most secure and, yes, why you should absolutely use them.
As always, it’s the inconsistent implementation that makes everything too complicated, and this is true for passkeys. The industry quickly made a terrible mess and got in their own way of getting them adopted. Seems no two companies implement and use them the same way, have the same rules, the same instructions or could even explain them well. A confused market never buys.
Depending on the implementation, they can be used along with password login, a choice between it and password login, or the only choice for logging in.
Microsoft requires new Windows accounts to be passwordless (use passkeys). They aren’t messing around. They jumped to the end of the story. Thanks to Microsoft, it’s game over. You can kick and scream while being dragged there, but the world is going passkeys, and you’re part of the world.
Passkeys eliminate security vulnerabilities often used by scammers while creating a greater risk that you will be locked out. The thing to remember is that nowadays, the chances of being hacked are much greater than the chances of you locking yourself out. And being hacked is much worse for you than getting locked out for a while.
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