Google Passkeys Have Arrived (here's how to use them)
Google Passkeys Have Arrived (here's how to use them)
Soon, you will no longer have to enter a password to get into your Google account. Passkeys are the new standard and now you can set it up on your personal Google account.
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0:00 - What are passkeys? 0:22 - Difference between passwords \u0026 passkeys 0:54 - How to set up Passkeys on Google 2:34 - Are passkeys a secure alternative to 2FA keys? *********************
Google has announced that you can now set up a passkey to log into your account, which will replace the traditional password and 2FA key. Is this good or bad? And how easy is the setup process?
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0 -> Passkeys are a new FIDO security standard
that Google is now allowing you to use to
4.62 -> sign into your account. Let me show you what
it’s supposed to look like, explain the setup
9.42 -> process and then we’ll talk about the confusion
that you and I probably both share about this.
14.94 -> As I’m recording this, Passkeys are only
available for personal Google accounts,
19.62 -> not paid Workspace accounts. So I’ve logged
out of both to show you the difference. When
24.54 -> I log into my Workspace account, I have to go
through the regular verification method that
28.62 -> involves providing a password and then verifying
with my 2FA key that I’ve set up in the past.
34.08 -> On my personal account, however, you’ll
see that process is simplified to require
38.04 -> only my passkey verified via
the Touch ID on my computer.
41.76 -> It’s faster and - at least according to Google
- stronger form of security for most people.
47.52 -> We’re taking passwords and keys, combining
them together in both function and name.
54.6 -> It seems that passkeys are automatically
generated for Android users, but if you
58.44 -> have an iPhone or a desktop, here’s
what I had to do to set up a passkey.
62.1 -> On an iPhone, you can log into your account
either through your browser or Google’s Smart
66.24 -> Lock app. Click on security and scroll down
until you see the button for Passkey. After
72.66 -> I input my password, I click continue and
you’ll see that the only option I’m given
76.86 -> is to save the passkey to my iCloud Keychain.
In the next month or two we should have the
81.78 -> option to save these to 3rd-party password
managers like 1Password, but right now,
86.4 -> iCloud is the only option and you have to have
syncing turned on in your iCloud settings.
91.5 -> Theoretically, this means that the passkey
should be available for all my Apple devices. So,
97.32 -> for example, when I log in on my
laptop, I’m given this QR code
100.92 -> that I can scan using the phone with which
I’ve already set up a passkey. Strangely,
105.96 -> I’m still being asked for my password, which
may be just because it’s the first time I’m
113.1 -> doing it on this device? I don’t know, but
that seems a bit counter productive to me.
117.66 -> So it is possible to set up a passkey specifically
for my laptop stored with my internet browser,
123.42 -> which is Brave. To do this, simply navigate
to your account security settings or go to
130.14 -> g.co/passkeys and then click the button to
Create a Passkey. Unlike the iCloud passkey,
135.36 -> this one will only be stored and
used on this device. I can choose
139.98 -> to use my Touch ID or password and then I’m done.
142.92 -> This passkey seems to be stored with my Brave
browser and according to my settings is not
148.44 -> synced between devices, so it’s only good
when I’m using this browser on this laptop.
153.24 -> Now there are a ton of questions you probably have
about the use and security of these new passkeys
158.58 -> and I wish I had more answers than I do, but right
I’m still just trying to figure it all out myself.
164.28 -> What I like about physical 2FA keys is that
168.6 -> they’re offline and separate from my
mobile device, and for that reason,
172.98 -> I think and hope that these 2FA keys will
continue to be valuable as a login backup.
180.6 -> But the value of the passkey for the average
internet user is that passkeys make it much
185.76 -> harder for you to grant access to your account
to bad actors. It’s possible to scam someone
190.98 -> into sharing their username and password,
but I can’t share my passkey and since it
195.6 -> only works with the website or app that created
it, I as the user no longer have to worry about
200.52 -> whether I’m visiting a genuine website or a
phishing site. At least that’s what they say.
205.56 -> And for those who are worried that Google or
Apple are going to hold onto the passkeys,
209.64 -> it seems as though that won’t
have to be the case. First of all,
212.94 -> both Apple and Google claim end-to-end
encryption that means that even they
216.84 -> can’t access the passkeys, but if that’s not
enough for you apps like 1Password will soon
222.66 -> give you an alternative place to
store and backup these passkeys.
226.02 -> The goal is a future without passwords and
passkeys are becoming an option for a number
231.54 -> of online accounts already. I still have a lot
of questions and a bit of confusion to sort out,
237.96 -> so I’m not claiming to have all the answers.
Please share your own questions and concerns
242.7 -> in the comments and once I publish an updated
video, you’ll see that appear here. Stay safe!
