Login method for apps and websites stored on users’ devices provides stronger security and is resistant to phishing and breaches
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has called time on the password – from now on, you should use a passkey.
The NCSC said this week it would no longer recommend using passwords where passkeys were available. They should be consumers’ first choice of login across all digital services because passwords were not secure enough to stand up to modern cyber threats.
Security officials describe a passkey as a “digital stamp” that allows you to sign in to apps and websites and is stored on your device.
It is a password-free form of login. Unlike a password, it cannot be stolen in a phishing attack, where people are fooled into handing over their credentials, which can later appear on the dark web.
