There is increased push for Passkeys (instead of passwords), with Google now rolling out Passkeys as default sign-in option. Can someone please to me what “Passkey” is, how its different from passcode, and how it will change an average person’s login process on a daily routine basis?

Question

I think of myself as tech savvy but for some reason i either missed the memo on Passkeys, or just misunderstand how the thing works. Im reasonably sure my parents/granparents will start asking me about this stuff soon (as google / other websites push it on them), and id really like to understand it myself first so i can explain it to them as well.

Right now, to login to website/account/etc i just need to know my login (i.e. my email address, or my username) and my password. For example, “FakeDogLover”+”CatsRule123”. How is Passkey different?

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Answer 1

Following this as I thought a passkey was a temporary thing like 2fa and I’m clearly wrong.