All you wanted to know about passkeys but were afraid to ask

Yesterday's coverage of World Password Day sparked some discussion among the BetaNews team about passkeys and how they work. We figured that if we're confused about them then some of you probably are too, so here's a FAQ look at passkeys, how they work and why you should consider using them. What are passkeys? Difficult questions first, eh? Passkeys are based on public key cryptography. For each account you have there are two cryptographic keys, one is public and stored on the system you're logging into, the other is private and stored on your authenticator device -- we'll talk more… [Continue Reading]