Why Passkeys are Better than Passwords

Maybe you’ve had the feeling — or maybe you’ve imagined it. The feeling of your stomach sinking to the bottom of your belly. That panic you feel the very second you realize that you just entered your login credentials into a fake website. Maybe you realized it right away. Or maybe you realized because you went back the next day and couldn’t log in. Maybe you realized it because your bank account has been cleaned out. However you realized — or imagined — it, it’s not a feeling you ever want to have.

But imagine not having to worry about that ever again.

That’s what passkeys and passwordless authentication can bring you.

Why Passkeys are Better

Every day we grow closer to a passwordless world. We here at Passage are doing what we can to make that happen for everyone. We all carry devices with us that can be used to easily declare who we are, normally via a fingerprint or face scan. All new laptops have fingerprint readers. Passkeys leverage these new technologies to drastically increase the security of your accounts. Apple has introduced passkeys into their eco-system, with Microsoft and Google releasing their versions very soon.

I’ve written about why we must move beyond passwords and how the whole passkey system works. In this post, I will discuss why passkeys…