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[[File:Bitwarden Passkey window screenshot.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Here shown the usage of passkey as a term to refer to WebAuthn credential ([[Bitwarden]] for [[Pixiv]])]] | [[File:Bitwarden Passkey window screenshot.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Here shown the usage of passkey as a term to refer to WebAuthn credential ([[Bitwarden]] for [[Pixiv]])]] | ||
''Passkey'' is the [[de facto]] [[technical language|non-technical]] term for a WebAuthn credential.<ref name="docsrs-webauthnrs" /><ref name="imperialviolet-webauthn" /> Most user interfaces that support WebAuthn use only ''passkey'' to refer to WebAuthn credentials.<ref name="arstechnica-not-usable" /> | ''[[Passkey (disambiguation)|Passkey]]'' is the [[de facto]] [[technical language|non-technical]] term for a WebAuthn credential.<ref name="docsrs-webauthnrs" /><ref name="imperialviolet-webauthn" /> Most user interfaces that support WebAuthn use only ''passkey'' to refer to WebAuthn credentials.<ref name="arstechnica-not-usable" /> | ||
When Apple first introduced passkeys to the public in 2022,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clemons |first1=Taylor |title=WWDC 2022: Apple announces Passkey feature to eliminate passwords across platforms |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/wwdc-2022-apple-announces-passkey-feature/ |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=ZD Net |date=6 June 2022 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606212207/https://www.zdnet.com/article/wwdc-2022-apple-announces-passkey-feature/ |url-status=live }}</ref> they emphasized their first-party platform integrations. This, combined with the lack of clear communication from other industry leaders, led some to speculate that passkeys were proprietary to Apple, which was not the case.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shakir |first1=Umar |title=Reminder: passkeys are not just from Apple |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/5/23293643/apple-passkeys-fido-alliance-passwordless-google-microsoft |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=The Verge |date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924231545/https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/5/23293643/apple-passkeys-fido-alliance-passwordless-google-microsoft |url-status=live }}</ref> As browsers and websites began to implement WebAuthn, the inconsistent feature-sets resulted in a variety of understandings of what exactly counted as a passkey. Some people assumed that a passkey required management by a platform authenticator, or needed synchronization using the cloud. A better definition is that a passkey is any WebAuthn credential managed by any WebAuthn authenticator.<ref name="docsrs-webauthnrs" /> This definition covers most of what different vendors refer to and accept as ''passkeys''. | When Apple first introduced passkeys to the public in 2022,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clemons |first1=Taylor |title=WWDC 2022: Apple announces Passkey feature to eliminate passwords across platforms |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/wwdc-2022-apple-announces-passkey-feature/ |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=ZD Net |date=6 June 2022 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606212207/https://www.zdnet.com/article/wwdc-2022-apple-announces-passkey-feature/ |url-status=live }}</ref> they emphasized their first-party platform integrations. This, combined with the lack of clear communication from other industry leaders, led some to speculate that passkeys were proprietary to Apple, which was not the case.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shakir |first1=Umar |title=Reminder: passkeys are not just from Apple |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/5/23293643/apple-passkeys-fido-alliance-passwordless-google-microsoft |access-date=4 July 2025 |publisher=The Verge |date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924231545/https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/5/23293643/apple-passkeys-fido-alliance-passwordless-google-microsoft |url-status=live }}</ref> As browsers and websites began to implement WebAuthn, the inconsistent feature-sets resulted in a variety of understandings of what exactly counted as a passkey. Some people assumed that a passkey required management by a platform authenticator, or needed synchronization using the cloud. A better definition is that a passkey is any WebAuthn credential managed by any WebAuthn authenticator.<ref name="docsrs-webauthnrs" /> This definition covers most of what different vendors refer to and accept as ''passkeys''. | ||