What Are the Hidden Risks of Passkeys for Business Owners? (2025/648)

Passkeys are being promoted as the future of secure authentication, with Apple, Google, and Microsoft pushing them as superior replacements for passwords. While passkeys do eliminate many security vulnerabilities like phishing and password reuse, they introduce new risks that are rarely discussed openly. Business owners need to understand that increased security comes with reduced control, vendor lock-in, and dangerous single points of failure. If your cloud account gets suspended, you could lose access to every system you've secured with passkeys, creating a catastrophic business continuity problem.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ What passkeys actually are and how they differ fundamentally from traditional passwords
📌 Why tech companies are aggressively pushing passkeys beyond just security concerns
🔗 The critical trade-off between security and control that nobody talks about
🛡️ How account suspension by Apple, Google, or Microsoft can lock you out of everything
✅ Why passkeys create dangerous single points of failure for business owners
📌 The questions you must answer before adopting passkeys in your business systems

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About the Author Charly Leetham

Charly Leetham has been in technology for over 40 years - from earning her amateur radio license at 13 to founding and running Ask Charly Leetham, a digital services business serving small businesses worldwide. After losing $1 million in a franchise failure, she rebuilt from scratch and has kept her business running for nearly two decades through skill, systems, and relentless practicality.

She hosts the podcast Rise and Shine - Your Business Tech Boost with Charly Leetham and speaks about what it actually takes to build businesses that work and last - not just look good on paper.

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