It's time to ditch passwords and replace them with passkeys. All the arguments, in the Good Tech newsletter of Wednesday, May 6
Passwords eat up our time, nerves, and sometimes entire accounts. A simpler and safer alternative already exists, and the transition has already begun. Why they're worth using and how they can simplify your online life, you can find out in tomorrow's edition of Good Tech, May 6.
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You log in somewhere, and inevitably the moment comes when you have to come up with a password that contains a capital letter, a symbol, a number, maybe a hieroglyph, and probably the name of your first pet if possible. The reality is that passwords have become a kind of internet background noise; they are often annoying, repetitive and not even very safe.
Although we've been using them for decades already, passwords have never been a great solution. We reuse them, simplify them to remember them, or save them in questionable places. And on the other hand, security breaches and phishing have become so common that the message “your password appeared in a data leak so you need to change it” no longer surprises anyone.
In tomorrow's Good Tech newsletter we talk about passkeys, an alternative that is not only more secure, but also simpler.
