Passkeys Are Better Than Passwords, but They Are Not a Silver Bullet

I like passkeys. Let me get that out of the way first.Passkeys are one of the better authentication improvements we have seen in years. They reduce password reuse, make phishing harder, and remove one of the ugliest parts of account security: the shared secret. A password is something you know, something you can type, something you can accidentally give away, and something a company can lose in a breach. A passkey changes that model.I was catching up on my podcast queue recently and hit a section in Cybersecurity Today that made me stop and think. The segment was about why passkeys are not enough by themselves, and I thought it was worth giving the episode some love because the point was practical, not anti-passkey. The takeaway was simple: passkeys are not the same thing as complete account security.That is where I think the conversation needs to mature.The problem is not that passkeys are weak. The problem is that attackers do not have to attack your strongest control. They only…