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Passkeys provide the strongest protection against threats like phishing. Once you create a passkey, you can use it to easily sign in to your Google Account easily and to verify it’s you when you make sensitive changes.
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For this feature to function properly correctly on Windows 10, you need to enable Windows Hello, which is not an option for UWF-owned devices.
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- If your account already has passkeys, they will be listed here.
- If you have an Android phone signed in with this account, you may have passkeys registered automatically for you.
- To use passkeys for sign-in, tap Use passkeys.
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- Follow the instructions.
- To complete the creation of your passkey, you may be required to unlock your device.
To create passkeys on multiple devices, repeat these steps from those devices.If not you will need to do the following: - Log into your Gmail account either from gmail.com or through Gmail For Students/Faculty and Staff
- From there you will need to click on the icon in the upper right-hand corner and select Manage your Google Account
- Here you will select the security tab, locate the "How you sign into Google" box, and then select the passkeys option at the bottom
- From there, you will have the option to create a passkey and it will give you device-specific instructions on what it will use to authenticate: typically, this would be a fingerprint or facial recognition.
Tip: Once you create your first passkey, you’re prompted to create a passkey on any supported device that you use to sign in to your Google Account. If you don’t want other users to access your account, do not create a passkey on a shared device.
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- Sign into Gmail (or Google adjacent product)
- Click the "try another way" if prompted. If you continuously use the passkey it will default to asking for it instead of a password and vice versa.
- From there you should see the following. Once you hit continue, you will be prompted to authenticate either via fingerprint or facial recognition.
