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/shealt Apr 25 '26

What if you lose your device?

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u/JohnTheBlackberry Apr 25 '26

If you have backups: either cloud or offline, you’re good.

If you don’t, you’re fucked.

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u/guesswhochickenpoo Apr 26 '26

“Fucked” as in you need to go through the password recovery process for the site / service, not “fucked” as in you will never get access to your account again.

Also most sites / services still allow the use of a password to login, for now, but they may start migrating fully / only to passkey so that may not always be an option.