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There is good news for people who hate passwords.
对于讨厌密码的人来说，这是个好消息。
Google has added a different way to log in to its services.
谷歌增加了一种登录其服务平台的不同方式。
This new feature employs the use of "passkeys."
这一新功能使用了“密钥”。
Passkeys represent a safer alternative to passwords and texted confirmation codes.
与密码和短信确认码相比，密钥是一种更安全的选择。
Users will not ever see the passkeys directly.
用户永远不会直接看到密钥。
Instead, an online service like Gmail will use them to communicate directly with a trusted device such as your phone or computer to log you in.
相反，诸如Gmail之类的在线服务平台将使用它们直接与你的手机或电脑等受信任设备互通，让你登录。
All a person has to do is confirm their identity on the device.
用户所要做的就是在设备上确认身份。
This confirmation, also known as verification, can take several forms.
身份确认，也称为验证，可以采取几种形式。
It could be a PIN unlock code, a fingerprint or face scan, or a physical security dongle.
可能是PIN解锁码、指纹或面部扫描，或者是安全硬件加密狗。
Google designed its passkeys to work with different kinds of devices.
谷歌设计的密钥适用于不同类型的设备。
You can use them on iPhones, Mac and Windows computers as well as Google's own Android phones.
你可以在iPhone、Mac和Windows电脑上使用它们，也可以在谷歌的安卓手机上使用。
Thanks to smart hackers and human weakness, passwords are just too easy to steal or defeat.
由于聪明的黑客和人类的弱点，密码太容易被窃取或破解。
And making them more complex just opens the door to users defeating themselves.
让它们变得更加复杂只会让用户打败自己。
In short, passwords put security and ease of use directly at odds.
简而言之，密码直接导致了安全性和易用性的矛盾。
In addition to getting around these problems, passkeys have one additional strength over passwords.
除了解决这些问题之外，密钥还有一个比密码更强的优点。
Passkeys are specific to websites, so hackers cannot steal a passkey from one website and then use it to steal from a person's bank account.
密钥是特定于网站的，所以黑客无法从一个网站窃取密钥，然后用它来窃取人的银行账户。
The first step to using passkeys is to enable them for your Google account.
使用密钥的第一步是在你的Google帐户中启用密钥。
On any trusted phone or computer, open the browser and sign in to your Google account.
在任何受信任手机或计算机上，打开浏览器并登录你的Google帐户。
Then visit the page g.co/passkeys and select the choice to "start using passkeys."
然后访问页面g.co/passkeys并选择“开始使用密钥”选项。
The passkey feature is now activated for that account.
现在，该帐户的密钥功能已激活。
If you are on an Apple device, you will first be asked to set up the Keychain app if you are not already using it.
如果你使用的是苹果设备，系统会首先要求你设置Keychain应用程序（如果你还没有使用它）。
It securely stores passwords and now passkeys as well.
它可以安全地存储密码，现在还可以存储密钥。
The next step is to create the actual passkeys that will connect your trusted device.
下一步是创建连接受信任设备的实际密钥。
If you are using an Android phone that is already logged into your Google account, you are most of the way there.
如果你使用的安卓手机已经登录了你的谷歌账户，那么你基本上就设置成功了。
Android phones are ready to use passkeys, though you still have to enable the function first.
安卓手机已经可以使用密钥，但你还得先启用这一功能。
On the same Google account page noted above, look for the "Create a passkey" button.
在上面提到的同一个Google帐户页面上，查找“创建密钥”按钮。
Pressing it will open a window and let you create a passkey either on your current device or on another device.
按下它将打开一个窗口，让你在当前设备或其他设备上创建密钥。
There is no wrong choice; the system will simply notify you if that passkey already exists.
没有错误的选择；如果密钥已经存在，系统会通知你。
If you are on a PC that cannot create a passkey, it will open a QR code that you can scan with the cameras on iPhones and Android devices.
如果你的个人电脑无法创建密钥，它会打开一个二维码，你可以用iPhone和安卓设备上的摄像头扫描这个二维码。
You may have to move the phone closer until the message "Set up passkey" appears.
你可能需要将手机移近一些，直到出现“设置密钥”的信息。
Tap that and you are on your way.
点击它，你就可以设置了。
From that point on, signing into Google will only require you to enter your email address.
从那时起，登录谷歌只需要输入你的电子邮件地址。
If you have gotten passkeys set up correctly, you will simply get a message on your phone or other device asking you for your fingerprint, your face or a PIN.
如果你正确设置了密钥，你会在手机或其他设备上收到一条消息，要求你输入指纹、扫描脸或输入PIN码。
Of course, your password is still there.
当然，你的密码还在。
But if passkeys take off, the odds are good you will not be needing it very much.
但如果密钥开始流行，那么你很有可能不太需要密码了。
You may even choose to delete it from your account someday.
你甚至可以选择在某一天把它从你的账户上删除。
I'm John Russell.
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