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by echeese 1254 days ago
I don't think Apple is trying to own the name passkey. Quote from this video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10092/

> Here are some guidelines for how to refer to passkeys in your apps and websites. "Passkey" is a generic, user-visible term. This video focuses on Apple's implementation, but as I've just shown you, other major platforms have already started building their own support for passkeys. "Passkey" is also a common noun, like "password." In English, this means it's lowercase and gets pluralized like "password" would. I have a passkey for my account, and I can go to Settings to view all of my accounts with passkeys.

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Fair enough.