Signing in with a passkey
Signing in with your face, fingerprint or device PIN instead of a password.
A passkey replaces your password with your device’s own unlock: Face ID, a fingerprint, Windows Hello, or the PIN you already use.
Why it is better than a password
It cannot be phished. A passkey is tied to talkfront.app. A convincing
copy on another domain cannot ask for it, because your device will not offer
it there. That is the single biggest attack on accounts, and passkeys remove
it rather than mitigate it.
There is nothing to leak. What we store cannot be used to sign in anywhere, so a breach of our database does not put your account at risk.
It is faster. One touch, no code from an app.
Setting one up
Settings → Security → Add a passkey. Your device or password manager asks you to confirm, and it is done.
Add one on each device you regularly use, or store them in a password manager that syncs across your devices, which most now do.
Your password still works
Adding a passkey does not remove your password, and you can still use it. That is deliberate: losing the only way into an account is a worse failure than the one passkeys prevent.
For the same reason, keep two-factor on.
On a phone
This is where it pays off most, because typing a long password on a phone keyboard is the thing nobody wants to do. If you are setting up the mobile app, a passkey is usually faster than scanning a code, and much faster than typing.
If you lose the device
Sign in with your password and your two-factor code, then remove the passkey for the device you no longer have.
If you have lost the device and cannot sign in, I’ve lost access to my account is the one to read, and your recovery codes are the fastest way back.
Last updated 22 September 2026.