{"id":46139,"date":"2025-07-20T19:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/?p=46139"},"modified":"2026-01-21T01:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:05:36","slug":"passkeys-or-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/passkeys-o-contrasenas\/","title":{"rendered":"Passkeys or passwords: say goodbye to hacks with one click \ud83d\ude80\ud83d\udee1\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"link_wrapped_content\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-bigbite-multi-title\"><\/section>\n<h2>Passkeys vs. Passwords: Which Protects You Better in 2025? \ud83d\udd10\u2728<\/h2>\n<p>You&#039;ve probably heard about passkeys, a much simpler (and more secure) alternative to passwords. You won&#039;t have to memorize anything or worry about mixing complicated numbers, letters, and symbols. Plus, they&#039;re resistant to phishing attacks! \ud83c\udfaf This is a huge benefit given the rise in online scams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58358\" style=\"width: 1536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58358\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas.png\" alt=\"Passkeys or passwords - Alt text: &quot;Illustration showing various devices displaying passkeys and passwords interface, including a passkey creation confirmation, a password input screen, Google Account welcome screen, and fingerprint authentication prompt, emphasizing digital security and user authentication with Google Chrome logo.&quot;\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas.png 1536w, https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas-750x500.png 750w, https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Passkeys-o-contrasenas-1140x760.png 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discover the difference between passkeys and traditional passwords to protect your digital accounts. Learn how passkeys offer enhanced security and simplify access with biometric authentication and one-time codes. Keep your data secure with the latest innovations in digital identity management. # Digital Security # Passkeys # Passwords #Authentication # Data Protection #Cybersecurity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The people I talk to are usually convinced by this idea, but often don&#039;t know where to start. But it&#039;s very simple. You just have to choose a way to store your passkeys. Here&#039;s a brief summary of the different options:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Your smartphone.<\/strong> This option is very practical, especially if you use your phone more than a laptop or PC. Creating passkeys is usually automated when you start the process from a <a title=\"Bootloader unlocked: Unlock your Android now \ud83d\ude80\u2728\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/unlocked-bootloader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6260\">mobile app or browser<\/a>. It works for both iOS and Android. \ud83d\udcf1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your tablet.<\/strong> The experience is identical to that of a phone. It can be an ideal alternative for those who leave their tablet at home and are also worried about losing their phone and, consequently, all their passwords.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your PC.<\/strong> Windows will save your passkeys if you start the creation process on your laptop or desktop PC. \ud83d\udcbb<\/li>\n<li><strong>A security key.<\/strong> The YubiKey and the Google Titan Security Key are examples of devices that can serve as a strong two-factor authentication method and also store passkeys. (If you have an older version, it must support the FIDO2 protocol to be compatible with passkeys.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>You <a title=\"Password managers \ud83d\ude80: The key to avoiding hacks today\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/password-managers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6259\">password manager.<\/a><\/strong> Passwords aren&#039;t going away just yet, but even when they do, password managers will still have value as a place where you can store your passwords. You&#039;ll trade some potential security if the manager is cloud-based\u2014don&#039;t use a weak password to protect your account!\u2014but overall, this method is reliable. \ud83d\udd12<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\" data-wp-context=\"{\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2483398\" src=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Adios-contrasenas-5-formas-sencillas-de-usar-llaves-de-acceso.jpg\" alt=\"Windows Hello Passkeys\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2025\/05\/01\/pushing-passkeys-forward-microsofts-latest-updates-for-simpler-safer-sign-ins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-schema-attribute=\"mentions\">Microsoft has adopted passkeys<\/a>: The company has the ambition to convert one billion users against passwords.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"imageCredit\">Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can read more about how passkeys work in our full article, but basically, you just need to create them and then authorize their use with biometrics (e.g., fingerprint) or a PIN. They can&#039;t be spoofed or compromised if a website is hacked. \ud83d\udd10<\/p>\n<p>Their only weakness: if you lose the device you stored them on, you won&#039;t be able to use them. However, this problem is quickly resolved. While you can&#039;t back them up (each passkey is unique), you can create additional passkeys on other devices as your backup method for logging in. Keeping an existing password is also a viable backup method, as long as you combine it with two-factor authentication to block hackers from accessing it. \ud83d\udd12\u2728<\/p>\n<p>Currently, support for passkeys continues to grow. Services <a title=\"Best privacy tools in Windows 11: 6 free ones!\" href=\"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/privacy-tools-in-windows-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6261\">important ones like Google, Apple and Microsoft<\/a> They&#039;ve already implemented them, as have major retailers (think Target, Best Buy, etc.). But even if passkeys haven&#039;t taken over the web yet, most people who try them find that switching some accounts to passkeys saves a lot of headaches. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p><strong>In short<\/strong>, the <strong>passkeys<\/strong> They represent a significant evolution \ud83d\udd12 in digital security for 2025, offering a simpler, more secure, and more phishing-resistant approach than traditional passwords. Although their adoption is still growing, integration by major companies like Microsoft, Google, and Apple proves they are the future of authentication \ud83d\ude80.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing a suitable storage method\u2014whether on a smartphone \ud83d\udcf1, tablet, PC \ud83d\udcbb, security keys \ud83d\udd11, or password managers\u2014makes them easier to use and minimizes risks. Plus, the ability to create additional passkeys on multiple devices and combine backup methods further strengthens protection \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f.<\/p>\n<p>For all these reasons, gradually migrating to passkeys not only reduces the headaches associated with password management, but also significantly improves online security \ud83c\udf10.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passkeys or passwords: discover the safest and easiest way to protect your accounts without headaches \ud83d\udd11\ud83d\udcf1\ud83d\udd12<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ai_generated_summary":"","iawp_total_views":18,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"percentage","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[1639,1445,1628],"class_list":["post-46139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seguridad","tag-ciberseguridad","tag-evergreencontent","tag-privacidadonline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46139"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104790,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46139\/revisions\/104790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mastertrend.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}