How to make portable Passkeys

The first time I heard about Passkeys I was about to email one of my dashingly swoon worthy friends. In this case it was Sean Crisden. I was about to detail the intricate specific joy of crunching down on a slice of freshly baked Apple Pie when my phone dinged. "Hey," my friend said, "since you're a tech person, explain Passkeys to me." And so, here I am. Think about passwords. I mean, really think about them. The password is something that works, but you can't deny that most of the time it is a rusty bolt in a door that never quite fits its frame. It is a string of characters we bury in our gray matter like copper coins in a garden, hoping the soil doesn't shift before we need to buy our way back into our own lives. Enter the Tech Bro. He arrives with the smell of overpriced espresso and the unearned confidence of a man who thinks "interoperability" is a dirty word. He wants to sell you a "Passwordless Future," but he wants to keep the keys in his velvet-lined, proprietary pocket. He…