Passkeys, for those unaware, are a replacement for passwords and work similar to how your phone verifies it’s you before unlocking itself. This includes fingerprint scanning, face recognition, pattern unlocking and more. It’s something that has also been available on iOS for a while and Android is finally looking to make it mainstream at this month’s ‘Passkeys Week’ which will last from November 18-22.
There are two major reasons passkeys would serve as a better alternative to passwords:
Passkeys, as mentioned above, eliminate the need to remember five different passwords for various sites and apps. This alone should make most people willing to adopt them once they’re made aware of their existence. I know I would much rather tap my thumb than type out a password while trying to remember if this site demanded special characters for its login credentials.
Isn’t this just so much simpler? | Image credit — PhoneArena
If all goes well in the coming few years we’ll hopefully see passkeys become the norm and passwords will be a distant memory of a more archaic past. And then perhaps we can finally turn our attention to the next order of business: 10,000 mAh batteries.