Critical Analysis of Passkey Implementation Challenges in 2025
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Summary
The article is a critical analysis of Passkeys in late 2025, arguing that despite widespread adoption and claims that critics simply misunderstand the technology, Passkeys still have significant problems. The author revisits issues mentioned in previous posts and identifies new challenges, maintaining that fundamental usability and technical issues persist despite industry promotion of Passkeys as a password replacement solution.
Key quotes
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And yet, I am here to once again say - yep, it's 2025 and Passkeys still have all the issues I've mentioned before, and a few new ones I've learnt!
Clearly I don't understand Passkeys in that case.
Let's round up the year together then.
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