We increasingly put more sophisticated locks on our doors, but the bad actors are just breaking the window to get in. Removing the phishers’ rewardīoth Shiner and Won seem confident that 2023 will see a breakthrough moment for passkeys, although it could take many years until they’re as widespread as passwords. Besides, so many of us use Face ID or Touch ID every day knowing they’re safe, and that could help reduce the friction. Are you sure it’s secure?’” But 1Password has earned a trustworthy reputation, Won says, and that can help ease people into using passkeys. As Won says, “there’s still the human psychology of ‘man, that was a little too easy. The process is so straightforward that it almost feels too simple, and that’s something 1Password is aware of. You can also upvote any sites you want to implement passkeys. It couldn’t be simpler.Īt the time of writing, there are around 50 websites that support passkeys, including Google, eBay and Best Buy, and 1Password has created a handy website at passkeys.directory for you to see which sites are compatible. Then when you next go to sign in, you’ll be prompted for your biometric info and 1Password will fill in the passkey for you. Are you sure it’s secure?' Steve Won, Chief Product OfficerġPassword’s passkey beta is extremely easy to use – creating a passkey on a compatible website basically involves clicking “create passkey,” with no need to dream up a complicated password at any point. There’s still the human psychology of ‘man, that was a little too easy. To make that happen, 1Password will start supporting passkeys in an open beta around the early summer, but we’ve had advance access for a couple of weeks. As Shiner puts it, “One of the things that’s exciting for us is I think we’re going to start to see in 2023 passkeys really take off.” He continues, “I think when we look at it in terms of where passkeys are at, some of the releases that we’ve seen from other platforms, and obviously what we’re doing ourselves, 2023 is going to be a year where passkeys start to take off.” 1Password’s passkey beta

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