Passkeys are now available for high risk users to enroll in the Advanced Protection Program

Starting today, high risk users can choose a passkey to secure their account in addition to the traditional physical security key. We’re also announcing a new partnership with Internews to provide security support to journalists and human rights workers.

Advanced Protection Program (APP) is our strongest level of Google Account security and provides extra safeguards against common attacks like phishing, malware and fraudulent access to data. We developed APP for people at high risk of cyber attacks, like journalists, elected officials, political campaign staff and human rights workers.

Today, we’re making it even easier for high risk users to enroll and use the program by making passkeys available in APP. Users traditionally needed a physical security key for APP — now they can choose a passkey to secure their account.

Passkeys are an easier and more secure alternative to passwords — in fact they’re 50% faster to use at sign in. Passkeys are based on FIDO Authentication, making them phishing resistant so users are protected against things like fraudulent emails, and they are easy to use since they only rely on a fingerprint, face scan or pin. Last year, we began rolling out passkeys, automatically helping people improve their account security. With passkeys, users have:

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