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Microsoft announced that Windows users can now log into their Microsoft consumer accounts using a passkey, allowing users to authenticate using password-less methods such as Windows Hello, FIDO2 security keys, biometric data (facial scans or fingerprints), or device PINs. [...]
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Once again, Microsoft compromises security for convenience (details about this are in the story). Several security experts have recently written about how the concept behind passkeys is okay, but the various incompatible implementations suck so much that people might just stay with username/password.
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