Take Control of iOS & iPadOS Privacy and Security, 4th Edition

Manage Passwords, Passkeys, and Factors

Many years ago, the password was the center of one’s security profile. Those days are long gone. Passwords can be guessed, leaked, or socially engineered out of people. We live in the future—an outright contradiction—where multi-pronged security paired with cryptography, biometrics, and proximity is the only way to deter account hijacks and provide some measure of assurance that our data and devices are safe.

Apple took their time to roll out necessary features, but they accelerated in recent years as they beefed up their Safari-focused password manager, enhanced SMS code entry and security token generation, and became the leading force behind passkeys, a huge step forward. In the most recent releases ...