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Passwords are so passe. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. I'm Megan McCarty-Carrino.

In the beginning, there was the password, a dog's name, a significant date, stuck on a post-it note

to the desktop. Then, the addition of special characters, random capitalization,

two-factor authentication, and encrypted password managers. And still, passwords have been vulnerable

to breach. That's why a number of big tech companies, starting with Google, are pivoting to an

alternative. Pass keys. They're supposed to be easier and more secure than passwords,

according to Chester Wiesneski, a security expert at Sophos. Ideally, what it looks like is

you're kind of replacing your password with your device. And then this case, most of the time,

that's going to be an iPhone or an iPad or an Android phone or tablet of some sort. And if I'm

on my desktop computer, I'm logging into Gmail. I go, instead of a password, there'll be an option,

use a pass key. And I say, use a pass key. And it's like, oh, right, your phone is registered as

your identity on Google, scan this QR code with your phone, and then use your Face ID or

Touch ID or fingerprint ID to prove your identity. So, in essence, it's using the biometric thing

in your phone that you currently probably use to unlock your phone either your face or your

fingerprint in combination with your computer to log you in. So you don't enter any kind of

codes. There's no pins. There's no passwords. You simply scan a QR code and then use your

fingerprint or your face to log into your account. Using passwords creates multiple points of weakness.

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