Based on industry standards for account authentication, passkeys are easier to use than passwords and far more secure. Developers are adopting passkeys to give people a simple, secure way to sign in to their apps and websites across platforms — with no passwords required.
Since signing in with passkeys uses AutoFill and Face ID or Touch ID for biometric verification, the transition to passkeys is seamless.
When you go to a website on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 16 or a Mac on macOS Ventura that supports Passkeys, the website will not prompt you to enter a password as you may expect it to. Instead, you’ll simply be asked to authenticate with Touch ID or Face ID.
On non-Apple devices, when you go to a website that supports Passkeys, you’ll be asked to scan a QR code with your iPhone and then proceed to use Touch ID or Face ID as your actual password.
MacDailyNews Take: QR codes. Heh. Welcome to 2009, those hamstrung with non-Apple devices. As usual, non-Apple devices cause more friction for their hapless users.
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