Passwordless Login for PAD

Passkeys are a safer and easier alternative to passwords when logging into your Google accounts, including your CTA-provided PAD account. With passkeys, you can sign in to apps and websites with a biometric sensor (such as a fingerprint or facial recognition), PIN, or pattern, freeing you from having to remember and manage passwords.

Passkeys leverage public-private keys and cryptographic techniques to ensure that only you can access your account. They’re always secure, never guessable, and only stored on your device. Depending on whether you’re an Android user or an iOS user, passkeys are generated a bit differently. Still, the upshot is the same: passkeys are profoundly more secure than passwords, and you’ll no longer have to carry around a hardware 2FA key.

Check what you need to create a passkey

You can create passkeys on these devices:

• A laptop or desktop that runs at least Windows 10, macOS Ventura, or ChromeOS 109
• A mobile device that runs at least iOS 16 or Android 9
• A hardware security key that supports the FIDO2 protocol

Your computer or mobile device will also need a supported browser like:

• Chrome 109 or up
• Safari 16 or up
• Edge 109 or up

To create and use a passkey, your device must have the following enabled:

• Screen lock
• Bluetooth
• If you want to use a passkey on a phone to sign in to another computer

To ensure the best passkeys experience, we recommend you update to the latest available releases for your operating system. Depending on your operating system and browser, you may not be able to create or use passkeys while in private browsing mode like incognito or other equivalent.

Create a passkey

Important: When you create a passkey, you opt into a passkey-first, password-less sign-in experience. Create passkeys only on personal devices that you control. Even if you sign out of your Google Account or CTA-provided PAD account, once you create a passkey on a device, anyone who can unlock the device can sign back into your Google Account with the passkey.

To create a passkey, you may need to sign in to your Google Account or verify it’s really you. For more information, go to g.co/passkeys.

• 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.
• If you don’t have any passkeys yet, tap Create a passkey and then Continue.
  
  

• 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.
• You may also create a passkey on an external FIDO2-capable USB security key.

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.

Use your passkey to sign in on a different device

To sign in to your account on a computer, you can use a passkey created on a mobile device.

When you sign in on a computer with a passkey for the first time, a QR code appears on the computer. To sign in, scan the QR code with your phone’s camera. The next time you sign in with this computer and phone combination, you won’t need to scan a QR code.

After you sign in, you may be offered to create a passkey on the computer. Remember to accept only if you own or control the device.

For any questions concerning your passkeys and PAD account, please reach out to help@techallies.org.