Passkeys are more secure but tech firms are doing little to encourage us to use them
Passwords are the bane of my digital life and I bet they are of yours too. They are a basic component of digital security, and still the most common — more than two-thirds of organisations worldwide still base their in-house security on the good old username + password combination, according to Statista, as do the majority of the general public.
We all know these kinds of statistics, and those amusing, most-popular password lists of shame, as they pop up every year in media stories about our need to improve. Yet few of us seem to change our habits, even though survey after survey shows nearly all of us worry about being the target of a cyberattack or hack. Most of us have had at least some of our passwords leaked in some data breach somewhere, too.
Companies know they need to do better for us, too, especially as they now have legal obligations under laws like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and can be fined eye-watering amounts for data breaches. Heck, we all know we need to do better. But password pain points are real, and the alternatives can be confusing, even if they’re much better and safer for everyone.
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