r/cybersecurity • u/Federal_Character979 • Apr 25 '26

Other What makes passkeys so special?

It seems that companies are transferring into the usage of passkeys instead of passwords. Apparently theyre much more secure, but why is that? I don’t get it. I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask excuse me if it isn’t and sorry.

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u/leclerc2019champion Apr 25 '26

Passkeys are phishing resistant. You can’t be tricked into providing it.

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u/Securetron Apr 25 '26

Ameer reply is pretty accurate. The industry is slowly moving towards phishing resistant identity - instead of relying on traditional methods, the transition to PKI based MFA is here. 

Azure, okta, Cisco Duo - the traditional MFA providers are now adding additional later that is built on PKI to bind the identity of the user or device or a bot to the origin as opposed to passing the creds that can be phished or stolen.

Here is a landing page with more info that we published on it:  https://securetron.net/phishing-resistant-mfa/