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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Progress Report: FIDO’s Effort to Eliminate Passwords

Andrew Shikiar, executive director at the FIDO Alliance, offers an update on the group’s efforts…

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The Verge: Safari to support password-less logins via Face ID and Touch ID later this year

Safari 14, the version of Apple’s browser that will ship with iOS 14 and macOS…

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CNET: Safari 14 will let you log in to websites with your face or finger

With Safari on iOS 14, MacOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14, you’ll be able to log in to…

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