Passkeys advocates believe they'll be as easy to use as passwords, but much safer.Īmong their advantages: They block phishing attacks since they simply don't work on counterfeit websites designed to fool you into sharing your login. To use passkeys, you'll need a possession of a device like a phone or PC registered with the app or service and a second authentication step it performs, most likely a biometric scan of your face or fingerprint. Passkeys use an approach related to that of hardware security keys, the strongest login technology around, but are designed to be easier to use when logging in to an app or service. "They have to be able to replace all passwords - including the one you use to unlock 1Password."Īpple, Microsoft, Google developed passkeys with technology they helped create in an industry group called the FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance. "For passkeys to be the way forward, it's not enough for them to replace some of your passwords," Chief Product Officer Steve Won said in a blog post Thursday. Password managers are great when it comes to creating and remembering the dozens or hundreds of passwords we have in our lives, but that single password can be a point of weakness for a hacker trying to gain access to all your accounts.
Password manager 1Password will let you protect your vault of passwords with a passkey starting this summer, embracing an authentication technology designed to be as easy to use as passwords but more secure.
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