Google Android update – passwords automatically become keys

The problem with passwords, in addition to being the weak link in so many security scenarios, is that they will not die. Google, it seems, is about to lend them a hand in this regard by introducing a feature for Android users who will automatically see them in much more secure passkeys. It was a few days great for Google when it comes to helping to improve the safety posture of its users, with the announcement of new malicious Android notification warnings powered by AI and chrome updates to correct critical vulnerability. The problem is that the attackers continue to attack, as confirmed by the new android hack attacks. With 19 billion passwords compromised already published on Criminal Forums Online, the time to act is now. Here is what Google does to make your use of more secure identification information and better defend against Android attackers.

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Android to automatically modify passwords in Passkeys

The passkeys use argument instead of passwords is very convincing. Not only are they intrinsically safer, but they are also easier to use. It’s really a win-win security situation. When even the main suppliers of password managers urge you to replace your passwords, you know that it is the intelligent movement to make. Google knows it as much as anyone, and was one of the original technology giants behind the creation of the Passkey standard. Now it gives Android users a helping hand to facilitate this change not only easier but fully automatic.

As spotted during an Android authority Demolition codeGoogle’s password manager for Android obtains an automatic passing wrench update function. Although such ambunularity tend to reveal features that may or may not appear in functioning applications, the beta code of the Google Play Services application version 25.19.31 seems to have already been put online for a certain number of users. I contacted Google for a statement, but in the meantime, here is what we know.

Android Authority allowed the functionality it had found, and discovered that it would allow existing identification information on your phone and the application of “converting to keys without your explicit authorization”. The idea being that the Google password manager for Android would upgrade all passwords for sites and services where Passkeys is available, and would do it transparently. “This feature can be deactivated if you always prefer passwords or if you want more control over the generation of the key key,” confirmed the report.

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