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Passkeys: How They Work, How To Use Them

ComputerWorld, Monday, July 7th, 2025

Passkeys may be the future, but they sure can be bewildering - especially in a business context. Here are straightforward answers to all your pressing passkey questions.

Once upon a time, signing into sites and apps was simple.

You remember those days, right? (They really weren't that long ago, though by tech standards, it's been roughly seven centuries.) All you'd do is remember a single username and password - or maybe put it on a Post-it and stick it to the bottom of your 11″ oatmeal-gray 7,000-lb. monitor monster, if you were really feeling fancy - and that's it: You'd be ready to rush into whatever site or service you wanted, whenever the need arose.

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