Questions about passkeys

Hello Gardenopolous! 👋

Thank you for the questions! Passkeys are a modern alternative to passwords – they enable people to log in to their online accounts without having to enter a password. Passkeys are based on a public-private key pair – one key is public and connected to the website or app you’re using, the other key is private and stored in 1Password.

But if this is so, how is that different from a password?

Unlike passwords, you can’t create a weak passkey. Passkeys are generated by your device using a public-private key pair, which makes them strong and unique by default. Passkeys can't be phished like traditional passwords because the underlying private key never leaves 1Password – this also makes them resistant to social engineering scams.

Once you've created and saved one passkey for an account using 1Password on one device there's no need to create another passkey using 1Password on another device. 1Password makes sure that the passkey that you saved on one of your devices will be immediately available for sign-in on the rest of your devices. Passkeys are encrypted and saved directly to your 1Password account.

You can read more about passkeys here:

• Save and sign in with passkeys in your browser
• Use 1Password to save logins and sign in to apps and websites on your iPhone and iPad

Let me know if you have more questions.

-Dave