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passkey

cryptographic credentials for use as a substitute for passwords
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passkey

Summary

passkey is a de facto standard[1]. passkey draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (de_facto_standard category, ranking #10 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • passkey's instance of is recorded as de facto standard[3].
  • passkey is a type of cryptographic token[4].
  • passkey is a type of key pair[5].
  • passkey is a type of FIDO credential[6].
  • passkey is used for authentication[7].
  • passkey is used for access control[8].
  • passkey's official website is recorded as https://passkeys.dev[9].
  • passkey's standards body is recorded as FIDO Alliance[10].
  • passkey's different from is recorded as password[11].
  • passkey's uses is recorded as public-key cryptography[12].
  • passkey's uses is recorded as two-factor authentication[13].

Why It Matters

passkey draws 171 Wikipedia views per month (de_facto_standard category, ranking #10 of 10).[2] passkey has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] passkey is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

access control FIDO security key

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Standards body → FIDO Alliance
    Official website → https://passkeys.dev
    Different from → password
    Instance of → de facto standard
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove badge [[Q70893996]] from enwiki sitelink; sitelink points to a non-redirect page #msynbotTask10"
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