Despite exciting progress toward more secure and usable factors, the best MFA mechanism for consumers really isn’t MFA at all — it’s passkeys. Passkeys are a FIDO authenticator with the advantage of being backed up to the cloud, so if you lose your device or buy a new one, all you must do is sign into your iCloud or Google Play account to recover your passkeys. Passkeys use public key cryptography and device biometrics, making them resistant to many known attacks, and are easy for the user.


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E-Commerce Magazine: More than one out of two French people give up on their online purchase because of passwords

According to the latest report by the FIDO Alliance, consumer frustration with e-commerce is manifesting…

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heise: Risk Based Authentication

With the risk assessment RBA, online services want to combat password abuse. But cybercrime is…

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Handelsblatt: The end of passwords is near

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