Over the “next few days,” Google is “ gradually enabling” passkeys for users and the corresponding console controls for Workspace administrators. They are supported on Android, ChromeOS, iOS, macOS, and Windows, as well as Chrome, Safari, and Microsoft Edge. Passkeys will be available for over 9 million organizations spanning businesses, schools, and governments, with Google noting how it’s the “first major public cloud provider to bring this technology to our customers.”Įspecially for enterprises, passkeys can reduce phishing and other social engineering attacks since, compared to passwords, they “cannot be written down or accidentally given to an adversary.” According to early Google data (March – April 2023), “passkeys are 2x faster and 4x less error prone than passwords.” It’s now coming to Google Workspace and Google Cloud accounts as an open beta today. Google first introduced passkey support for personal accounts as well as the Advanced Protection Program at the start of May. When a user signs in with a passkey to their Workspace apps, such as a Gmail or Google Drive, the passkey can confirm that a user has access to their device and can unlock it with a fingerprint, face recognition, or other screen-lock mechanism. Passkeys have also been designed with user privacy in mind. On the privacy front, “biometric data is never sent to Google’s servers or other websites and apps,” with a great deal of trust placed on phone/laptop security.
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Instead of having to enter the password for an account, you can just unlock your phone or computer (PIN, fingerprint, face unlock, etc). After announcing personal account support last month, Google is now rolling out the ability for Workspace and Cloud customers to use passkeys.
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