PlayStation Adds Support for Passkeys as Password Alternative

[MacRumors]

PlayStation account owners will soon be able to start using a passkey as an alternative to a password when logging into a PlayStation account on the web, in an app, or on a PlayStation device.

Passkey integration is set to be introduced at some point today, and users will be able to log in and authenticate their accounts with Face ID, Touch ID, or a device passcode on an iPhone.

Passkeys are considered more convenient and secure than a traditional password, with sign-ins streamlined through biometric authentication. Passkeys are resistant to online attacks such as phishing because there's no password to steal and no one-time SMS code that can be intercepted.

Apple has supported passkeys since 2022, and passkeys are available on iOS 16 and later, iPadOS 16 and later, and macOS Ventura and later.

Many companies have been implementing support for passkeys, including Twitter, Google, PayPal, Best Buy, Microsoft, and eBay.

Article Link: PlayStation Adds Support for Passkeys as Password Alternative

 

[Rradcircless]

This is very good news, PlayStation's sign in is uniquely tedious. Email and password are entered separately on two different pages, instead of two fields on the same page, and they have a not-a-robot-test that forces you to rotate the object to face where the hand on the left is pointing. And it's a clunky user interface, too.

 

[PantherKang]

Nice. I would love to see more from these two working together. Steve Jobs admired Sony from what I read. Sony seems to be trimming the traditional inflexible culture there.

 

[Pezimak]

Will have to look into this. Especially with the way Sony has been hacked. Good news.

 

[psxp]

I wonder if Xbox will do this? Or do they already?

 

[dontwalkhand]

I wonder if Xbox will do this? Or do they already?

Since it's Microsoft, it would probably be right around the time Microsoft IDs let you use Passkeys, and it will tie in with Windows 11 somehow, in some way.

 

[k1121j]

Best Apple gaming news in a while.

 

[Muzzakus]

Already activated it on my ps5 console some weeks ago. No idea what it’s done.

 

[Populus]

Great news!

The more services adopt this, and the more widespread is, the better!

I guess you can use your Touch ID or your Face ID to log in?

 

[B4U]

Including the official link on how to sign in to PSN using passkey would be very helpful.

How to sign in to PlayStation Network with a passkey

Find out how passkeys can make your account more secure, how to set one up and how to sign in to PlayStation™Network (PSN®) with a passkey.

www.playstation.com

 

[Xavier]

Great news! I will definitely start using this on my PS

 

[coolfactor]

Can't wait for Macs to support Face ID.

I've started to switch to Passkey when sites support it, but I've seen inconsistencies in how it's implemented, and having to lift and re-place my finger to initiate the read has been a frustrating extra step.

 

[coolfactor]

Great news!

The more services adopt this, and the more widespread is, the better!

I guess you can use your Touch ID or your Face ID to log in?

Yes, once a Passkey is set up, it first tries to authenticate using biometrics.

 

[maxdefcon]

Love this and as a 1Password user it keeps all my passkeys in-sync across all of my devices (even non Apple ones).

 

[turbineseaplane]

Excellent!
Just switched to this

I'm also a 1Password user and they make this so simple -- it's fantastic

I'm all for more and more sites offering a Passkey option

 

[Caviar_X]

Activated it on the site!

 

[Morac]

I enabled it, but honestly it’s partially broken in that around 20% of the time it thinks my iPhone, iPad and/or Mac doesn’t support passkeys and instead shows me a QR code. That’s especially annoying on my iPhone where I can’t scan the code, so I basically have to close the page and try again. That happened trying to log into the PS app and I had to scan my iPhone with my iPad to get the passkey working which is ridiculous.

It’s actually slower than having my password manager fill in the password and 2FA code which no longer is an optional. Speaking of 2FA, that gets disabled.

 

[Shin-Ra]

The PlayStation Network (PSN) passkey implementation is more progressive (daring?) than any other I’ve used to date. Once enabled, it automatically disables password login and 2-step verification if you had it enabled. Other services have let me add a passkey as an additional login method but never remove the password and 2SV.

Email recovery is still an option so the risk of losing access should be low. Make sure you have access to the email inbox used for the PSN account, and any one of date of birth, phone for security SMS code or security question answer if you created one.

Passkey autofill works with the standard email login field, similar to PayPal but without the redundant 2SV, it’s very streamlined.

 

[RedWeasel]

Since it's Microsoft, it would probably be right around the time Microsoft IDs let you use Passkeys, and it will tie in with Windows 11 somehow, in some way.

You can already use Passkeys with Microsoft Accounts apparently:

How to use Passkeys for your Microsoft account

Find out the advantages of using Passkeys with your Microsoft Account. Learn the features of Passkey and improve your security.

www.thewindowsclub.com

(haven't tried it myself)

 

[RedWeasel]

This is very good news, PlayStation's sign in is uniquely tedious.

Every sign-in to a Sony service is tedious

 

[svish]

Good to hear that PassKey support is expanding.

 

[nottorp]

More convenient? Since when is depending on an easily stolen portable device for authentication more convenient?

 

[dominiongamma]

Love this and as a 1Password user it keeps all my passkeys in-sync across all of my devices (even non Apple ones).

Subscriptions kill it for me, refuse to use a product you have to keep paying to use it

 

[Jeaz]

nice and they seem to have the proper implementation of this, which means it completely disables passwords. Seen several implementations that still require password despite using passkey, some even still allowing password only without passkey….

 

[ifxf]

This is very good news, PlayStation's sign in is uniquely tedious. Email and password are entered separately on two different pages, instead of two fields on the same page, and they have a not-a-robot-test that forces you to rotate the object to face where the hand on the left is pointing. And it's a clunky user interface, too.

Apple signin does the same thing and they use a little arrow instead of a login button.