Phishing and other attacks usually have one goal: passwords. So the world could be a better place without passwords. There have already been several attempts to bury the passwords. All have failed – due to the complexity, the costs for hardware keys, for example, or the inconvenient use. The new approach with FIDO2 and Passkeys sounds more promising. By the way, FIDO stands for Fast Identity Online.


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L’Eclaireur FNAC: Passkey: towards the end of passwords in 2023?

The FIDO Alliance is developing an alternative authentication system that will eliminate complex passwords that…

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ZDNet: Phishing-resistant multifactor authentication

Multifactor authentication (MFA) can be compromised by phishing. The key is to make MFA more…

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Tech Radar: Apple’s announcement could spell the end for passwords – and the beginning for biometrics

Apple’s Passkey technology uses established industry standards from the FIDO Alliance, which Apple helped develop…

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