Google Access Keys use fingerprints, faces, or PINs to replace passwords

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Google is rolling out a new login system that doesn’t require the traditional method of a password, but instead uses a tool known as a “passkey.”

This new method is a different way to sign in to Google accounts in apps and websites and is not only easier to use but also more secure, according to the company, since users no longer have to trust data such as usernames. pets and birthdays or generate simple and slightly insecure passwords.

Now, with passcodes, the process of signing in to your Google account in both apps and sites can be done the same way you unlock a device: using your fingerprint, performing a face scan, or with a screen PIN lock.

According to the company, unlike passwords, these access keys are resistant to online attacks such as phishing, making them a more secure login method than one-time SMS codes.

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For now, Google details that the access keys are already available for all company accounts, and they are an additional option to log in in addition to other options such as the password itself and two-step verification.

How to enable access keys?

To test this new function, we just have to go to the g.co/passkeys site, from where we will have to enable the access keys simply by clicking on the “Use access keys” button.

Once the process is complete, Google will request a fingerprint, face or screen lock on Android devices that we have automatically enabled to verify the user’s identity.

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If you want to sign in from a computer or desktop browser, Google will send the verification request to one of the devices that have one of these biometric features, so you’ll need to have these devices already enabled.

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Source: vtt.edu.vn

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