Yes, the technology underlying passkeys is confusing. Here's a plain-English guide that can help you ditch passwords today.

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CompariTech on Thursday released a report detailing the most-used passwords of 2025, which reveals that "123456" is the worst password of the year. More than 7.61 million accounts out of 2 billion ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Microsoft wants you to add a passkey to your accounts. But it’s not ...

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Adoption of passkeys is fragmented across sites and devices. Users still need passwords for recovery and new device setup. Phishing protection makes passkeys worth adding, despite confusion. They are ...

Enterprise passwords are becoming easier to steal and increasingly difficult to stop being abused once they leak. According to the Picus Security’s latest annual Blue Report, based on more than 160 ...

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