Whenever passkeys are touted...

• Ars: Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

• ZDNET: What are passkeys? How going passwordless can simplify your life in 2025

• Microsoft: Convincing a billion users to love passkeys

• The Reg: Will passkeys ever replace passwords? Can they? Here's why they really should

can't help but recall:

• Passkeys: A Shattered Dream

• Concerns about passkeys

• Passwords have problems, but passkeys have more

• Are Passkeys really the beginning of the end of passwords? I certainly hope not!

along with reports like these:

Apple

• Permanently Locked Out of Apple ID, have contacted Apple Support a handful of times over last year.

• Another User Locked Out of Apple Account

• Apple Accounts "Permanently" Blocked

• Apple vs. My Daughter's iPad

• Apple Account Locked Due to Failed Trade-in

• Locked Out of an Apple Account

• iPhone Thieves Locking Users Out of Their Apple Accounts

• Tell HN: Apple can lock your account irrevocably without telling you why

• Apple's and Google's security policies have become a Kafkaesque nightmare

• Some users are randomly getting locked out of their Apple ID accounts

• Apple ID locked and can't be used

• Completely locked out of my Apple ID

• My Apple ID keeps getting locked

• This account is locked and can't be used

Google

• Google Account Deleted Due to CSAM False Positive

• Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked

• Google users locked out after 15 years' use

• I got locked out of my Google account for a month

• Android user locked out of Google after moving cities

• Tell HN: Need help, locked out of Google account with 10 years of personal data

• Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right password, recovery email

• Ask HN: I'm a small business and Google locked me out

• Ask HN: Locked out of Google services with no recourse or explanation

• Ask HN: Google has locked me out of the account

• ASK HN: Google account disabled. Oh what to do?

• Ask HN: Google just kicked me out of my account, no option to verify

• Man locked out of Google Drive and loses 9-year-old photos after SIM Swap attack

• Ask HN: Locked out of Google Apps email with no recourse - advice?

• When you get locked out of your Google account, what do you do?

• Some Markiplier fans had their Google Accounts banned due to YouTube emote spam

• Mysterious Gmail account lockouts prompt hack fears

• Gmail account disabled and locked out

• PSA: Google can lock your account, forcing you to abandon your purchases and even obtain a new credit card

• Gmail's backup codes are useless to access account

Updates

• Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

• KeePassXC: passkey support

• KeePassium: passkey support

• Apple will permanently disable your account for App Store and iTunes if you buy eleven Apple gift cards

• Don't Put All Your Apples In One Basket

• 20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

  "I am writing this as a desperate measure. After nearly 30 years as a loyal customer, authoring technical books on Apple’s own programming languages (Objective-C and Swift), and spending tens upon tens upon tens of thousands of dollars on devices, apps, conferences, and services, I have been locked out of my personal and professional digital life with no explanation and no recourse.
  ...
  "The Trigger: The only recent activity on my account was a recent attempt to redeem a $500 Apple Gift Card to pay for my 6TB iCloud+ storage plan. The code failed. The vendor suggested that the card number was likely compromised and agreed to reissue it. Shortly after, my account was locked."

• Yep, Passkeys Still Have Problems

❧ 2025-02-10