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Ongoing Passkey Usability Challenges Require 'Problem-Solving'

ID: d12276fc-f367-523a-ac37-a232ea02cc53

STIX ID: report--d12276fc-f367-523a-ac37-a232ea02cc53

Feed Name: Dark Reading

Date Published: 2025-05-05

Date Updated: 2026-04-21

Author: Arielle Waldman

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### Executive Summary: The RSAC 2025 write-up examines the rise of passkeys as a phishing-resistant, device-stored alternative to passwords, highlighting major adoption obstacles — inconsistent cross-platform behavior, poor user-facing sign-up/login flows, and an ecosystem that disproportionately favors platform providers — and warns that issues like insecure credential syncing, incomplete MFA coverage, and ongoing identity-focused threats could undermine the move to passwordless authentication.

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