How Passwords Get Stolen: Phishing, Data Breaches and the Future of Passkeys

Imagine opening an online gaming account and finding that its settings have been changed by someone else. To understand how this can happen, we need to separate two jobs: identifying which account is being requested and authenticating whether the person may use it. Passwords are evidence for authentication, but copied or exposed passwords can deceive a service. This distinction also explains why password databases must be protected.

Devices showing password security, phishing warnings and a passkey sign-in

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