What is the difference between Password and PassKey? How will it be useful for the users, there will be no hassle of remembering

Password vs PassKey: Password is a familiar term for all of us. This is for the security of any account. Without this, accounts like social media, netbanking cannot be accessed. But nowadays there is another term which is becoming quite popular, that is ‘Passkey’. Yes, it is being said that very soon a time will come when the passkey will replace the password. But after all, what is this passkey and how does it work, let us know…

PassKey is a system that allows you to login to any site without a password. Actually it is based on biometric, and it is now being seen as an alternative to password. Passkey uses Cryptography technology to keep the account more secure.

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The special thing is that it does not have the hassle of remembering characters like a password, and users can easily use the passkey from their device. Web Authentication is used to generate the passkey.

The passkey comes with two steps – public key and private key. The public key is stored on the website, while the private key is stored on the user device.

For information, let us tell you that passkeys can be used only on those websites and apps, in which this feature has been given, that is, on which it is supported.

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For this, first you have to set up the lock (be it a PIN, facial recognition or fingerprint sensor). After this, when you sign-in, Google Chrome will automatically use the auto-fill feature, and you will not need to enter a password.

Apple also supports…
Apple has implemented Passkey for iPhone while releasing iOS 16. Touch ID and Face ID passkey can be used on iPhone. Windows users can use Microsoft’s Windows Hello to use Passkey in Windows 10 and 11. Similarly, many web browsers like Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari are coming with passkey support.

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