Apple has always put security at the forefront of its product design, which is why the company is so much harder to hack than other tech brands.
Now, Apple also makes it easier to protect yourself from threatening people who might have your information, whether you know them or not. This is thanks to the new security features that come with the latest version of iOS.
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If you don’t have iOS 16 yet, be sure to install the latest operating system for iPhone and iPad and read on to see why iOS 16 has more important features you didn’t even know existed.
Woman using smart phone on wooden desk. The smartphone is an iPhone 8. The iPhone is a touchscreen smartphone developed by Apple Inc.
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What exactly is a password?
Say goodbye to the collarword and hello to the password. Apple created the cryptographic feature as a replacement for passwords because they’re more secure, so hackers don’t guess combinations to try to gain access to your account.
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This feature allows users to unlock their devices only with their face or fingerprint, making it easier and easier to access their devices. With Passkey, your device is unlocked by simply looking at your device using facial recognition.
Since a person’s face or fingerprint is unique, it will be more than difficult for any hacker to be able to unlock a device. With this feature, Apple Passkey will allow you to access services such as banking or shopping apps that require authentication.
How to configure a password
Passkeys can work on all devices with iOS 16 using iCloud Keychain.
- Go to Settings
- Tap your name at the top
- Faucet iCloud
- Faucet Passwords and Keychain
- Make sure the option is enabled
Now, Apple also makes it easier to protect yourself from threatening people who might have your information, whether you know them or not.
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How to use access keys
After setting up Access Keys, when you enter a password on a new website while using your iPhone or iPad, you’ll have the option to save that password to the key. It creates a key that runs on the website and is end-to-end encrypted, so only you have that password.
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Note that for this to work, the sites you visit must also support this option. Without this feature, you’ll have to enter your old-fashioned password.
Now, Apple also makes it easier to protect yourself from threatening people who might have your information, whether you know them or not.
(Kurt Knutson)
Which sites support access keys?
Although it doesn’t seem to be in universal use yet, some sites where you can find it at the time of publication include
- AOL
- best buy
- drop box
- Microsoft
- yahoo
- eBay
- come on daddy
- PayPal
- Safari
How to set up a password on a supported app
To set up a password on a supported app that you don’t already have an account with
- Enter your e-mail adress
- Click on Create your account
- A notification will appear asking if you want to set up a password
- Press Continue and a password will be created
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The steps may differ from app to app. In some cases, you may need to create an account and then configure the password afterwards:
- Go to profile
- Click on account
- Click on set a password
- A notification will appear asking if you want to set up a password
- Press Continue and a password will be created.
Say goodbye to the collarword and hello to the password. Apple created the cryptographic feature as a replacement for passwords because they’re more secure, so hackers don’t guess combinations to try to gain access to your account.
(Kurt Knutson)
These are also the steps to take if you wanted to set up a password on an app or website where you already have an account. Again, this may differ between apps and websites.
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How to manage your access keys
Once you have configured access keys on various applications, you will be able to view and manage them by:
- Go to settings
- Type in passwords
- Tap the app where you want to manage the password
- You will be able to see your username and password creation date
- You will have the option to add a note and delete old passwords
- Click Edit to change some information
- You can remove a password by tapping “Remove Password”
Since the majority of websites do not use access keys, it will still take some time before we no longer need to use and remember passwords. Until then, the most efficient way to manage our passwords is to use one of our recommended password managers.
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