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Introduction: The Password Era is Ending We’ve long relied on passwords to protect our digital lives — from email accounts and social media platforms to banking apps and cloud storage. But that era is coming to an end, and tech giants are making that transition clear. Both Microsoft and Google are now urgently urging their users to move away from passwords and shift toward passkeys, a newer, more secure form of authentication that promises to solve many of the issues that traditional passwords present. With billions of users affected by this shift, it’s not just a simple update — it’s a major overhaul in how we think about digital security. The Problem with Passwords Passwords have always been the first line of defense online, but they come with serious limitations. According to a re...