passkeys

Noun

passkey (plural passkeys)

1. A key, especially in a hotel, that allows someone in authority to open any door.
   • With the universal pass-key of imagination we open the dingy door, pass down a dark passage and up a narrow stair.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

   Synonyms:

   master key, passe-partout

2. A key for entering a house or other building.
   • Now, Balmy, here's the passkey to that house. The windows are wired, but the front door isn't. Get inside that door as quietly as you can, and find out as much as you can.1917, Hearst's, volume 32, page 293
3. (especially) A cryptographic key that is tied to specific devices or cloud accounts and is meant to be used instead of a password.
   • Based on FIDO standards, passkeys are a replacement for passwords that provide faster, easier, and more secure sign-ins to websites and apps across a user's devices. Unlike passwords, passkeys are always strong and phishing-resistant. Passkeys simplify account registration for apps and websites...2023, FIDO Alliance, “Passkeys: accelerating the availability of simpler, stronger passwordless sign-ins”, in FIDO Alliance, retrieved 03 May 2023
4. (dated) Synonym of password.
   • The router then generates a random numeric passkey and delivers it to the user […]2007, Harold F Tipton, Micki Krause, Information Security Management Handbook

   Synonyms:

   password