A NEW feature from Apple should provide more security for its users than Face ID or a passcode lock.
Apple has consistently made sure that its phones and gadgets had appropriate security measures to protect users’ information.
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For a while, all Apple users had was a four-digit passcode.
That slowly developed into more options, including fingerprint identification, and now most of us who have iPhones are familiar with Face ID.
Although, a recent update for iOS 16 includes a new security feature dubbed as ‘Passkey,’ per Fox News.
It is a cryptographic feature to replace passwords to prevent hackers and unwanted parties from guessing passcode combinations to get onto your device.
With Passkey, you can unlock your device with just your face automatically, all you have to do is look at your iPhone or other Apple device.
Not only that, but Passkey is transferrable across your other applications for banking, shopping, or others that require authentication.
Although this might not sound too different from Face ID access in the past, the interesting part about Passkey is that its transferable for many passwords that you use for other things.
After you set up Passkey in Settings, anytime you add a password to any new website while using your iPhone, you’ll be offered the option to save that password to the key.
The password will then automatically become fully encrypted, and your face can then be used to access those accounts.
The catch is that whatever website you’re using must support the face-scanning feature, otherwise, you’ll have to enter your password manually like usual.
Fortunately, many platforms support Passkey already, including AOL, Best Buy, Dropbox, FaceBook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, eBay, GoDaddy, PayPal, and of course, Safari.
Setting up Passkey
Creating your Passkey is also pretty simple.
First, go to Settings.
Then tap your name at the top and select iCloud.
Then go to the Passwords and Keychain icon.
Make sure the option listed is toggled to the ‘on’ position.
It’s also relatively easy to manage your Passkeys after creating them.
Managing the Passkeys
To do this, you’d head back to Settings and click on Passwords.
Then, simply choose the application you want to adjust the Passkey on.
You should then be able to see your username and when the passkey was created.
From there, you can add a note or remove old passwords.
Clicking on ‘Edit’ will allow you to change passwords, and clicking on ‘Delete Passkey’ will allow you to remove a certain Passkey.
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