Microsoft says that when people sign in with passkeys, they get into their account about 98% of the time. With a password, the figure is 32%. That second number sounds absurd until you remember the last time you mistyped a password twice, hit “forgot password,” waited for the email, and gave up halfway through. Passwords aren’t just insecure. They’re also bad at the one job they have. Passkeys are the tech industry’s attempt to replace them, and after years of slow progress, the switch is happening. The FIDO Alliance, the industry group behind the standard, estimated in May 2026 that…
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