The FIDO Alliance came together in 2013 as security pros working at PayPal, Lenovo, and other companies began to get fed up with various password-based security holes. With biometric readers becoming more and more prevalent and a new set of specs that are easy to integrate into standard webpages via JavaScript APIs, our passwordless future may finally be in sight. FIDO Alliance members include some of the biggest names in tech and media, so this initiative has muscle behind it.
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Tech telegraph: WhatsApp now rolling out passkey support for iPhone users
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Biometric Update: NIST issues guidance to fit passkeys into digital identity recommendations
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TechCrunch: WhatsApp adds global support for passkeys on iOS
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