What are passkeys and how to activate them as a security method

Cybercrime is increasingly gaining strength in the world and this is why the different technological platforms are constantly updating to find ways to prevent their systems from being compromised.

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One of them is WhatsApp, owned by the company Meta, which is the most used messaging application worldwide. Regarding it, account theft is the biggest problem and that is why its creators look for a way to ensure that their users are completely safe and not at risk of being impersonated.

In that sense, its most recent update has already implemented the so-called ‘passkeys’, which are a type of encrypted key that serves as an access key to enter an account.

What are ‘passkeys’ in WhatsApp?

In the case of WhatsApp, when you want to access an account on a new mobile phone you must write the line number and a password will be sent by SMS that must be entered into the application to confirm it. Although it is relatively a secure method, ‘passkeys’ came to replace it as long as the user activates them.

This access key will be saved in the Google or Apple account registered on the phone, more precisely in the mobile password manager. With its activation, the idea is that the person can log in more quickly without needing to receive a password via SMS, according to Infobae.

In short, what is sought is that, andIf another person has access to the phone’s SIM card, they cannot access the account, since you will not receive any messages.

Thus, when you want to enter the WhatsApp account, the application will ask for the ‘passkey’ to verify your identity, and when the cell phone’s password manager detects it, it will be necessary to verify the encrypted access key that you have saved from the beginning.

How to activate the ‘passkey’ in WhatsApp?

On Android devices, the user must enter the application settings and select the ‘Account’ option, and then click on ‘passwords’. There, you must create an access code and the cell phone options will open to save the access code in the Google account and in the password manager.

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The key will be linked to the WhatsApp number and Google account and will be required to log in.

In the case of iOS it is similar. You must enter settings and there click on ‘account’. Once inside, the ‘passkeys’ option will be displayed to configure it. If you can’t find it, you should update the application, or wait for Apple to gradually implement it on all its devices.

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