It’s been glossed over, but both Apple and Google have announced their slightly more sustained support for a technology that aims to replace passwords everywhere on the web. It’s called Passkeys.
The password management service 1Password, one of the most popular password managers on the Internet, has also announced that it will also support passkeys.
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So the first question you might ask is: what exactly is a passkey? It’s a way to identify yourself without using the famous username and password. This requires some form of biometric identification, which requires a fingerprint reader, facial recognition camera, or similar.
Apparently, biometric identification on smartphones is already widespread. More and more PCs are now being sold with some form of biometric identification.
Biometric Identification
In short, once you want to access an online service with a passkey, your fingerprint or face needs to be recognized by the device you’re using to access it. You may also need to use an authenticator app, which will give you a six-digit code to send to the website you want to visit.
Once this is done, the website or service in question recognizes who you are and grants you access to their content. At the moment, the number of websites compatible with Passkeys is quite limited, but it’s starting to grow.
Apple and Google already use them in most of their applications. 1Password manages its own passkeys via a plugin that is compatible with most popular web browsers.
And at some point we won’t have to remember all the passwords that we constantly enter, then change, then don’t write down anywhere, but above all never forget… We’re looking forward to it.