Passkeys were pushed as a safer future. Hackers have figured out ways to break those synced to Google
Passkeys have been pushed as the safer successor to passwords. It promised protection from phishing, credential reuse, and password leaks. Google even claims that it cannot be copied or accidentally handed to someone else.
- ▪Passkeys have been pushed as the safer successor to passwords.
- ▪It promised protection from phishing, credential reuse, and password leaks.
- ▪Google even claims that it cannot be copied or accidentally handed to someone else.
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| Original publisher | Digital Trends |
| Canonical URL | https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/passkeys-were-pushed-as-a-safer-future-hackers-have-figured-out-ways-to-break-those-synced-to-google/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:38:21 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-04T09:45:42.409Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-04T09:45:42.409Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
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| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Passkeys have been pushed as the safer successor to passwords. It promised protection from phishing, credential reuse, and password leaks. Google even claims that it cannot be copied or accidentally handed to someone else. But it might not be as secure as the company wants it to be. Security researchers (Via BleepingComputer) have now found three ways malware can undermine those promises for passkeys synced through Google Password Manager. The techniques, collectively named Pass-ta-key, target Google Password Manager inside Chrome on Windows computers equipped with a Trusted Platform Module. Every attack requires malware to already be running on the victim’s computer.
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