The passkey tipping point may be fast approaching. As the anointed successor to passwords, passkeys are seeing increased support from huge global companies, improved data analysis and better resources. And, significantly from an industry standpoint, the FIDO Alliance appears to be on the verge of reorienting its priorities to encompass more work on account recovery and digital credentials – a sure sign that, even if passkeys do not deliver the fatal blow to passwords many have predicted, they are established enough for their primary defender to declare a kind of victory in its primary mission.


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Gizmodo: Everything You Need to Know About the Plan to Kill Internet Passwords

In this feature story, Gizmodo’s David Neild highlights FIDO’s WebAuthn standard, the latest push to…

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ZDNet: ​Windows 10: We’re going to kill off passwords and here’s how, says Microsoft

As part of Microsoft’s efforts to banish ‘​inconvenient, insecure, and expensive’ passwords, ZDNet reports on…

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Wall Street Journal Pro Cybersecurity: As Passwords Become a Security Vulnerability, Companies Add Other Options

In this Wall Street Journal article, Kate Fazzini reports on how organizations like Amazon, Intel,…

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