Use Passkeys to their full potential
Streamline and secure your login experience with Passkeys on Proton Pass.
What are Passkeys?
Passkeys are a simple and secure cross device authentication technology that enables you to create and sign into accounts without passwords. Passkeys are secure by design and create a seamless login experience for the user.
How do Passkeys work?
Passkeys are made up of two mathematically connected numeric keys: one public, one private. The service or website you’re signing into, holds the public key, while you as the user hold the private one, which is stored on your password manager. When logging into a service, the public key sends a challenge to your device which can only be answered correctly by your private key, identifying you as the account owner.
Password vs. Passkey
- | Passwords | Passkeys |
|---|---|---|
Security strength? | Depends on the user | Strong by default |
Needs to be memorized? | Yes or recorded | No |
Built in MFA? | No | Yes |
Share with app or website? | Yes | No |
Phishing Resistance? | Can be intercepted | Highly resistant |
FAQ
Various websites support passkeys, you can find a full list of here(new window)
Passkeys are supported in our browser extension and on Android and iOS devices. However, there are some limitations given browser and device capabilities: Firefox doesn’t offer passkey support. You can follow its tracking issue ticket(new window). Android only supports passkeys from Android 14, earlier versions of Androids do not support passkeys. Additionally, certain smartphone makers, such as OnePlus and Oppo, haven’t added support for passkeys to their devices. Samsung smartphones have a known issue where they display a gray square instead of Proton Pass.
No, currently, you can’t log into Proton Pass apps using passkeys, but with passwords or passphrases, or via biometrics.
Passkeys allow you to authenticate yourself for online accounts without using passwords or passphrases. Currently, passkeys are supported in our browser extension and on Android and iOS devices in any Proton Pass plan. For full instructions on how to get started visit our knowledge base.