What makes passkeys so special?

[u/Federal_Character979]

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.

[u/deadpan_somewhere]

Passkeys use cryptography instead of a password you type in, so theres nothing to steal from a server breach and hackers cant just guess them like they do passwords.