X Rolls Out Passkeys Support to iPhone Users Worldwide

[MacRumors]

X, formerly Twitter, has extended support for passkeys as a login option for iPhone users across the globe, the company has announced.

Passkeys support was introduced by X earlier this year, but the option was limited to iOS users based in the United States. Now anyone on the social media platform can use them.

Passkeys are both easier to use and more secure than passwords because they let users sign in to apps and sites the same way they unlock their devices: With Face ID, Touch ID, or a device passcode. Passkeys are also resistant to online attacks like phishing, making them more secure than things like SMS one-time codes.

Apple integrated passkeys into iOS in 2022 with the launch of iOS 16, and it is also available in iPadOS 16.1 and later as well as macOS Ventura and later.

To set up passkeys in X on iPhone, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the X app.
2. Click Your account in the navigation bar.
3. Select Settings and privacy, then click Security and account access, then Security.
4. Under Additional password protection, click Passkey.
5. Enter your password when prompted.
6. Select Add a passkey and follow the prompts.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1777415876620472799

X is just one of several companies to implement support for passkeys in recent months, with other supporting apps and websites including Google, PayPal, Best Buy, eBay, Dashlane, and Microsoft.

Article Link: X Rolls Out Passkeys Support to iPhone Users Worldwide

 

[LeMo]

I didn't know Twitter was still a "thing" 🤣

 

[RealE]

ngl, I'm surprised Twitter Dot Com has enough engineers left on staff to implement this new feature.

 

[spaxxedout]

We need to set a date to drop the “formerly Twitter” out of the lexicon.

 

[mystery hill]

When will MacRumors roll out passkey support?

 

[hagar]

We need to set a date to drop the “formerly Twitter” out of the lexicon.

Why? Everyone still says Twitter. X was the most stupid rebrand in the history of brands.

 

[hagar]

Great! Now I can access the sewage of the internet knowing I’m fully protected.

 

[Abazigal]

I didn't know Twitter was still a "thing" 🤣

It’s still immensely popular amongst creators like vtubers and streamers. Seems it is still able to offer a degree of reach you don’t find with other social media platforms.

 

[cyanite]

I didn't know Twitter was still a "thing" 🤣

Yes you did

 

[krspkbl]

Too late for me I guess. I tried enabling it a while back and realized it wouldn't work. I'm deleting my Twitter/X account after 16 years. Had enough of it

 

[sw1tcher]

We need to set a date to drop the “formerly Twitter” out of the lexicon.

Let's set that date to the day when you type "x.com" and you don't get redireted to "twitter.com"

 

[Pakaku]

We need to set a date to drop the “formerly Twitter” out of the lexicon.

Or we could all just go back to calling it "Twitter" like normal people

 

[krspkbl]

Or we could all just go back to calling it "Twitter" like normal people

Calling it by the wrong name is normal?

 

[klasma]

We need to set a date to drop the “formerly Twitter” out of the lexicon.

Should be replaced with “better known as Twitter”.

 

[GaryMumford]

We need to set a date to drop the “formerly Twitter” out of the lexicon.

And maybe even update the MacRumors site with the X logo instead of the old Twitter logo

 

[klasma]

Let's set that date to the day when you type "x.com" and you don't get redireted to "twitter.com"

 

[alchemistmuffin]

X, formerly Twitter, has extended support for passkeys as a login option for iPhone users across the globe, the company has announced.

But for how long before they decides to put passkey behind Premium and Premium+ because #MuskIsADictator and super desperate for cash.

 

[klasma]

And maybe even update the MacRumors site with the X logo instead of the old Twitter logo

I’m a bit dismayed he misappropriated the math notation. Well, at least Wikipedia does the right thing:

 

[CarAnalogy]

This would have come in handy before Musk woke up one day and decided two factor was for paying customers only, and locked me out of my account forever since it had a phone number on it, and now I can't even log in to remove the phone number.

Top class engineering work. I'm officially on team "go die in a fire Twitter."

 

[CarAnalogy]

I’m a bit dismayed he misappropriated the math notation. Well, at least Wikipedia does the right thing:

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And the X Window System. And the letter. And the symbol in general.

I really wish ICANN had not let him have x.com. Should have stuck to the rule of reserving single letter domains.

 

[kenny7]

Activated it. Love passkeys

 

[nightfox818]

I really wish ICANN had not let him have x.com. Should have stuck to the rule of reserving single letter domains.

Well if that was the case, X.org would need to give up their domain. ICANN does a lot of stupid stuff (like approving Google’s “.zip” TLD which is a security nightmare) but allowing single letter domains is fine. If you are looking for someone to blame, blame PayPal who sold it back to him.

 

[ifxf]

Activated it. Love passkeys

Single point of failure (your phone) and websites still allow login/password so passkeys does nothing to improve security.

 

[UKMacDude]

I didn't know Twitter was still a "thing" 🤣

X and Elton can't even rebrand correctly so no wonder people refuse to play the game and call it X. There is Twitterness still all over X. Until they sort that mess out they fully deserve the Twitter name to live on.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Well if that was the case, X.org would need to give up their domain. ICANN does a lot of stupid stuff (like approving Google’s “.zip” TLD which is a security nightmare) but allowing single letter domains is fine. If you are looking for someone to blame, blame PayPal who sold it back to him.

X has had that domain for a very, very long time. The X Window System itself pre-dates ICANN. Also that's an org and actual non-profit, .com is supposed to be different. If anyone deserves an exemption, they do. (I realize Xorg and the original X Window System are different but the name is historical at this point.)

But yes ICANN doesn't seem to care much anymore.