{"id":83469,"date":"2026-09-09T11:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83469"},"modified":"2026-09-09T11:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T03:41:01","slug":"singpass-passkeys-roll-out-to-android-users-from-sep-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=83469","title":{"rendered":"Singpass passkeys roll out to Android users from Sep 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>GovTech Singapore said it will continue to work with agencies such as the Infocomm Media Development Authority and People\u2019s Association to raise awareness of passkeys and support users who need help adopting them.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike passwords, which can be stolen, or QR codes, which scammers can trick users into scanning, passkeys verify a private key stored on the user&#8217;s device against a public key registered in the Singpass system.<\/p>\n<p>Because no passwords or one-time passwords are entered or transmitted during login, there is nothing for scammers to intercept \u2013 even if a user lands on a fraudulent website.<\/p>\n<p>Passkeys are an additional login option alongside existing authentication methods, including QR login, face verification and SMS one-time passwords.<\/p>\n<p><span>If a device is lost or stolen, the Singpass app and the passkey on it will be automatically deactivated when the user sets up Singpass on another device.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/singpass-passkeys-roll-out-android-users-sep-9-6371616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GovTech Singapore said it will continue to work with agencies such as the Infocomm Media Development Authority and People\u2019s Association to raise awareness of passkeys&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--wwy0AN28--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/06\/30\/singpass-passkey-1.jpg?itok=aE2zFkZj","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5386,29727,1074,3588,25709,653],"class_list":["post-83469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-android","tag-passkeys","tag-roll","tag-sep","tag-singpass","tag-users","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/83470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}