The Vault Journal

Passkeys, explained for people who hate passwords

Security

4 min

Passkeys replace passwords with cryptographic keys that never leave your device. Here is why we made them the default.

Nothing to phish

A passkey is a key pair. The private half lives in your phone’s secure enclave and never travels over the internet, so there is nothing for an attacker to steal from us or trick out of you.

Signing in becomes a glance or a touch. Recovery uses a second trusted device plus identity verification.

Why it matters for a vault

Most account takeovers start with a reused password. Removing passwords removes the most common door into your money.

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