Passkeys

The future of passwordless digital security

One of the most exciting announcements at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference was the launch of passkeys, a new feature for Apple devices that allows developers to offer a passwordless sign-in experience and sounding the death knell for traditional passwords.

RIP, PASSWORDS

There’s no denying that we’ve come a long way over the past ten years when it comes to digital security. We’ve said goodbye to ‘password123’ and hello to features like Touch ID and two-factor authentication, but the truth is that logging into and managing our online accounts is still complicated and unnecessarily cumbersome. With iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, Apple wants to change that and used its WWDC keynote speech to announce passkeys, designed to replace traditional passwords and start a new era of account authentication. A new report has found that cybercrime will cost the world $10.5 trillion a year by 2025 and the COVID-19 pandemic only increased the threat. Indeed, a study from Deloitte found that almost half of individuals have fallen for phishing scams whilst working at home, with hackers becoming increasingly sophisticated to get users to hand over their details. Last year, 24 billion passwords leaked onto the dark web in one of the biggest attacks in history, and with consumers spending more time and conducting more personal activities online than ever before, from banking to telemedicine and online dating, the stakes are high.