{"id":23516,"date":"2026-06-14T13:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/readers-reply-experts-say-we-should-use-passkeys-but-can-a-smartphone-pin-really-be-safer-than-a-password\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T13:37:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:37:35","slug":"readers-reply-experts-say-we-should-use-passkeys-but-can-a-smartphone-pin-really-be-safer-than-a-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/readers-reply-experts-say-we-should-use-passkeys-but-can-a-smartphone-pin-really-be-safer-than-a-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>This week\u2019s question: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/jun\/14\/ripen-at-home-fruit-supermarkets\">Is \u2018ripen at home\u2019 fruit the supermarkets\u2019 idea of a joke?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a pin on your phone, or facial recognition, can be safer than using a complicated password and two-factor authentication.<\/p>\n<p>I get that having something unique to your device, not stored on a company\u2019s server, is unphishable and less hackable by cybercrims, but what if your phone is nicked and someone guesses the password? And what if you lose your phone?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2026\/jun\/14\/readers-reply-experts-say-we-should-use-passkeys-but-can-a-smartphone-pin-really-be-safer-than-a-password\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6fdc1325cf2b6330895bfda1c6df4d1f49c84424\/1376_0_6880_5504\/master\/6880.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=561769d939669e21ca68f70a722e1770\" title=\"Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?\" \/>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s question: Is \u2018ripen at home\u2019 fruit the supermarkets\u2019 idea of a joke?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a pin on your phone, or facial recognition, can be safer than using a complicated password and two-factor authentication.<br \/>\nI get that having something unique to your device, not stored on a company\u2019s server, is unphishable and less hackable by cybercrims, but what if your phone is nicked and someone guesses the password? And what if you lose your phone? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts This week\u2019s question: Is \u2018ripen at home\u2019 fruit the supermarkets\u2019 idea of a joke? 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