This week Microsoft Authenticator shuttered and Dropbox Passwords announced it would begin closing down. More and more services are heading in the direction of passkeys as passwords have become increasingly insecure as hacking methods have grown more advanced.
And truly, that death knell has been sounding for a while now: passwords are a problem that many have been looking for a solution to. Users are the weak link when it comes to passwords. People reuse passwords across accounts and even after a known data breach. They're often lazy when they create them too. On top of that, passwords themselves are easy to crack with brute force, social engineering, and malware capable of keylogging or recording them from your clipboard.
