Managing passwords is pain. Tools exist to help (like password managers) but staying on top of them remains dreary work. But a new system for securing accounts is filtering through the web—passkeys.

Update, August 5, 2025: This story, originally published on August 3, has been updated with further mitigation advice as well as a new report regarding phishing and credential theft trends as Google ...

Google is rolling out support for passkeys for Google Accounts across all services and platforms, allowing users to sign into their Google accounts without entering a password or using 2-Step ...

Google has confirmed that YouTube users who find themselves locked out of their accounts after hackers strike will soon have a brand new AI-powered assistant to help them get quickly regain access. In ...

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Losing access to your Google account can have far-reaching consequences beyond the inability to send and receive emails. In short, it can be devastating, which is why preparing ahead of time will save ...

Google is taking a big step toward our supposedly passwordless future by enabling passkey-only Google accounts. In the blog post, titled “The beginning of the end of the password,” Google says: “We’ve ...

Google has spent the past several years working to replace passwords because of frequent reuse, vulnerability to data breaches, and phishing. Passkeys are the industry solution, and the ability to log ...

"Use it or lose it" is apparently Google's new motto. May 18, 2023 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We may earn a commission from links on this page. We used to ...

The Google Authenticator app used to store one-time access codes for account security now supports backups and syncing across devices using a Google Account, Google announced today. With Google ...

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