Google’s New Login Tech Sidelining Passwords for Better User Experience

Google is sidelining passreplaces, as reported by the Associated Press. The renowned tech giant has introduced “passkeys,” an alternative way to log into its various services, including Gmail and Google accounts. Passkeys are more secure than passreplaces as they enable direct communication of a device with an online service to log you in. These passkeys are specifically designed to facilitate PIN unlock code, biometrics, and physical security dongles. The main aim is to provide ease of access to the users, and also to protect their information that they share with Google accounts.

The new feature will be available for iPhones, Macs, Windows computers, and even Google‘s Android phones. Moreover, passkeys can only be used for particular websites, ensuring that scammer sites cannot cause a data breach. This feature also eliminates the need for complex passreplaces.

Passreplaces are easily hacked, and it is not feasible to create unique, complex, and non-obvious passreplaces for every account, as users are likely to forget them. To make up for this, passreplace managers are useful, but even they have a master passreplace that a user must protect. This is where passkeys come in, a method that eliminates the need for passreplaces and does not require the user to create or remember a passreplace.

To start using passkeys, the user must first enable them in their Google account by visiting the page g.co/passkeys on any trusted phone or computer. Afterward, they can create the actual passkeys on the same account page either on their current device or any other device. Users can also scan the QR code with their smartphones, enabling them to set up the passkey.

From that point on, logging into Google accounts only requires the user’s email address. Once passkeys are set up, the user will only need to use their fingerprint, face or PIN to sign in. Although passreplaces are still an option, passkeys are much more secure and make passreplaces an afterthought.

This new feature by Google provides a substantial solution to online security issues. Passkeys ensure the privacy and security of the user’s data and make logging in to Google accounts more straightforward, secure, and user-friendly.

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