{"id":2382,"date":"2023-03-02T02:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2023-09-27T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T22:29:50","slug":"1password-is-ditching-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/1password-is-ditching-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"1Password is ditching&nbsp;passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/SSL_Blog_zero-passwords.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2327\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most popular password managers will be getting rid of passwords in the near future. 1Password <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.1password.com\/unlock-1password-with-passkeys\/\">announced<\/a> that from summer 2023, users will have the option to unlock their password accounts with a passkey instead of a password. The company asserts that passkeys are the modern alternative to passwords and are faster and more secure to boot.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>What does that mean for customers? First you need to understand what a passkey is and how it works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How passkeys work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Passkeys are a means of logging in that does not require users to type out a password or use multi-factor authentication (MFA). Instead, when logging in, the user utilizes a chosen device as an authenticator, which asks them to use their face or fingerprint as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/what-is-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp\/\">security<\/a> measure. Passkey technology relies on the same technology as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/how-pki-was-used-in-the-solarwinds-orion-attack\/\">SSL certificates<\/a>; public key cryptography.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like with an SSL certificate, passkeys rely on key pairs for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/what-is-remote-desktop-protocol-rdp\/\">encryption<\/a>: a public key and a private key. The public key is registered to the online service, website, or app you wish to log in to, while the private key is saved to your device and is never shared with anyone else. This ostensibly makes it safer than a password because there\u2019s nothing you have to remember and nothing you can forget. Once you authenticate yourself, your device does everything for you. It will confirm you are who you say you are to the site or service you\u2019re trying to visit, and you\u2019ll be logged in in no time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How 1Password\u2019s passkeys will work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1Password doesn\u2019t seem to be phasing out passwords altogether just yet but instead adopting passkeys as an option for interested users. The passwords saved in the manager\u2019s vaults will still be passwords. You\u2019ll just need to use your passkey to utilize them and access your data. This should ease and speed up certain processes, such as signing in on new devices and onboarding new customers, while allowing for the use of built-in biometric authenticators everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will passwords soon be a thing of the past?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an interesting development in the password space, and 1Password isn\u2019t the first to make this change. With many other companies, such as Microsoft, Google, and Apple, making plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/02\/11\/why-apple-google-microsoft-passkey-should-replace-your-own-password.html\">move toward widespread passkey adoption<\/a>, it seems like passwords may one day be a thing of the past. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular password managers will be getting rid of passwords in the near future. 1Password announced that from summer 2023, users will have the option to unlock their password accounts with a passkey instead of a password. The company asserts that passkeys are the modern alternative to passwords and are faster and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2742,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssls.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}