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Anthony Spadafora

Google is killing passwords and replacing them with passkeys — what you need to know

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Google has announced that it has begun rolling out passkey support for all Google accounts in an effort to further secure them from password reuse, phishing and being stolen by hackers.

After setting up passkeys with your Google account, you’ll no longer need to enter your password or use 2-step verification when logging into Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs and the search giant’s other products according to BleepingComputer.

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