Why are passkeys and other password-free options more secure than passwords?

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Saw this [article from The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/31/23329373/dashlane-passkeys-password-manager?fbclid=IwAR2osU0FeCEN-NeEM1Mj6NJc2XLhWLbtsntT30hq7eqglghWh-k7iH6Wn94) that is very hyped about it. But it seems like a token is stored on a device, and presumably someone could steal the device and have the same benefits of having all your passwords. I don’t understand how having no passwords makes anyone’s data safer.

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* People are bad at passwords but are good at not giving strangers their phone.
* In a perfect world passwords would work really well, but lots of research has shown that people just won’t use passwords properly.
* Also consider how most people get their accounts hacked….it’s be people far away who can interact with them remotely either through an email scam, or social media, or just hacking a website where they have an account.
* Those same people are not sneaking into people’s houses at night and stealing their phone off the beside table.

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