Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password? (opens in new tab)

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week’s question: I’ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a pin on your phone, or facial recognition, can be safer than using a complicated password and two-factor authentication.I get that having something unique to your device, not stored on a company’s server, is unphishable a...