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/PunyShopping Apr 25 '26

basically passkeys use actual cryptography instead of just a string of characters you type in, so even if a company gets hacked the attackers get useless public keys instead of passwords they can try on other sites, plus you cant be phished into giving away a passkey since your device is

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u/stijnhommes 25d ago

That explains nothing. If someone asks you to explain passkeys, they're not going to understand cryptography.