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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Deutschlandfunk: The end of passwords

The alternative to passwords is to be launched as early as the end of the…

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TechRadar: You’ve heard passwordless sign-ins are coming. But what is FIDO? And why does it matter?

Senior Director of Marketing at FIDO Alliance, Megan Shamas, shares insights into the background behind…

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Les Echos: Can we really do without passwords?

Google, Apple and Microsoft have announced their support for FIDO, an initiative to completely replace…

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