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Passwords are on track to be replaced by passkeys as a more secure login credential.
There are three types of authenticators: platform, virtual, and roaming.
Apple, Microsoft, and, to some extent, Google are the main providers of platform authenticators.
Coming soon to a website or application near you (if it hasn't already) will be the opportunity to login with a passwordless passkey instead of the typical user ID and password.
The three big ideas behind passkeys are:
They cannot be guessed (the way passwords can -- and often are).
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