Microsoft won't let customers opt out of passkey push

Microsoft touts growing passkey adoption driven by persistent UX prompts, reporting a 10% reduction in password use and a 987% increase in passkey use, while the FIDO Alliance highlights broad ecosystem uptake (over 15 billion accounts enabled, with 800 million Google Accounts and 175 million Amazon accounts using passkeys). The article explains how passkeys leverage public key cryptography to improve security and usability, and notes remaining risks and hurdles including device compromise, social engineering, recovery challenges, and cross-provider portability gaps, with Microsoft not disclosing precise adoption figures.