OpenAI Just Killed Passwords for High-Risk Users
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OpenAI has launched Advanced Account Security for ChatGPT and Codex, eliminating passwords in favor of passkeys and hardware security keys. The optional feature targets high-risk users like journalists and researchers, removing email/SMS recovery and support-assisted account recovery. It also introduces shorter login sessions, real-time login alerts, and excludes conversations from model training by default. OpenAI has partnered with Yubico to provide hardware keys, and users in its Trusted Access for Cyber program must enable the feature by June 1, 2026.
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No Passwords. No SMS. No Weak Links.Built to Stop the Most Common AttacksStricter Recovery — Even OpenAI Can’t Help YouShorter Sessions, More VisibilityYour Data Is Automatically ProtectedHardware Keys Go Mainstream (With Yubico Partnership)Mandatory for High-Security ProgramsSort: