Switch an account to a passkey
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A passkey lets you sign in to a website or app without a password, using the fingerprint, face or PIN that already unlocks your device. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre says passkeys are resistant to phishing because they cannot be intercepted, reused or stolen in the way passwords can.
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How to start
- Read the National Cyber Security Centre page on passkeys to see how they work.
- Open the security or privacy settings of one account you use often and look for the option to create a passkey.
- Create the passkey with your device's built-in credential manager, then sign out and sign back in to test it.
Where to go
- National Cyber Security Centre, "Passkeys - what you need to know" (UK government) UK
- FIDO Alliance passkeys page (industry standards body behind passkeys)
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