If you are registered on many websites, chances are there are many passwords that you need to remember. While password managers definitely make the task easier, wouldn't it be better if you simply didn't have to remember passwords at all? That's what the recently announced "Passkeys" aim to do. So what are passwords and how can you use them? Well, that's exactly what we're going to discuss here.

Passkey is a new standard based on the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn), designed to use public-key encryption for authenticating apps and websites. Passkey enables your device to store private key information and use it to generate signatures so you can authenticate against a web server, resulting in a seamless and secure passwordless login experience.

Instead of relying on passwords or two-factor authentication codes, Passkey makes the most of Face ID or Touch ID to let you verify your identity and log in. Yes, passwords (subject to full implementation) have ended passwords. This means you no longer have to create passwords, spend your precious time managing your secret codes and curse your memory for forgetting the passwords.

Before we get to know how passwords work, let us briefly understand how passwords work as it would help differentiate the two authentication methods.