Passwords v Passkeys

Apologies, Phil, but unless I'm misunderstanding your point, that's not accurate. The Passwords app in iOS 18 can support both a passkey and a password for a given site, but that may or may not be the case for the website. Websites do indeed directly support passkeys, and if they do, they may or may not simultaneously support a password for the same account. I would expect that it would be rare that the merchant would not support both for a given account, but it's possible, so wise to check.

Regards.

varjak paw wrote:

But many merchants have their own passkey systems which is why I advise contacting the merchant to know for sure what they do indeed support.

I misspoke above. I meant to say that each site will have its on passkey implementation, and some may lock out the option to use a passcode when a passkey is set for a given account. Again, best to check to be sure.

Regards.

That will depend on the merchant and how they have things set up. Some might allow either, and some may turn off the ability to use a password if you set up the passkey. Contact the support resources for the merchant(s) in question and ask them.

Regards.

Yes.

You can maintain both a password and a passkey for online websites and merchant's.

The merchant has nothing to do with the passkey.

click here ➜ Use passkeys to sign in to apps and websites on iPad - Apple Support

You can have a passkey and password for the same website or app, and find them both under the same account in the Passwords app.

Phil0124 wrote:

If the merchant's supports other passkeys beyond Apple's, they are entirety unrelated to the Apple passkeys, and as such the option to support both passkeys and password would be on the website of course.

But as we are talking about Apple based passkeys on a iPad, then it is possible according to Apple to have both.

Correct. But many merchants have their own passkey systems which is why I advise contacting the merchant to know for sure what they do indeed support.

Regards.

varjak paw wrote:

Apologies, Phil, but unless I'm misunderstanding your point, that's not accurate. The Passwords app in iOS 18 can support both a passkey and a password for a given site, but that may or may not be the case for the website. Websites do indeed directly support passkeys, and if they do, they may or may not simultaneously support a password for the same account. I would expect that it would be rare that the merchant would not support both for a given account, but it's possible, so wise to check.

Regards.

But the passkeys are an Apple option. The passkey and password separation is done on the device, not on the website. The website, can implement log in with Apple to support passkeys and at that point supports both passkeys and passwords.

If the merchant's supports other passkeys beyond Apple's, they are entirety unrelated to the Apple passkeys, and as such the option to support both passkeys and password would be on the website of course.

But as we are talking about Apple based passkeys on a iPad, then it is possible according to Apple to have both.

The website has no bearing on the passkeys generated on an Apple device.

Yes. If you change to using Passkeys, you can still directly access the associated website(s) from the PC.

To access your Passkeys (and/or other saved Passwords) that you have saved in your Apple keychain, you'll need to install the iCloud for Windows App:

Download iCloud for Windows - Apple Support

Passkeys are the secure successor to Passwords. They cannot be hacked or stolen.

enjohn49 wrote:

Thanks to everyone for your help and advice. All my questions have been answered. I’m not sure how to close the thread!

No need to close the thread (and it's not possible anyway). Glad you have the information you need. Cheers.