The alternative to passwords is to be launched as early as the end of the year. That is the goal of the FIDO Alliance, whose members include companies such as Microsoft, Google and Apple, as well as authorities such as the German Federal Office for Information Security. The aim is to make log-ins as easy as unlocking a smartphone.


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PaymentsSource: Retailers get ready for a high-risk holiday season

FIDO Alliance Executive Director Brett McDowell tells PaymentsSource that while there is no single solution…

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Dark Reading: Passwords Use Alone Still Trumps Multi-Factor Authentication

Dark Reading reports on theJavelin Strategy & Research’s 2017 State of Authentication Report, commissioned by…

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New York Times: Google’s Key to Strong Password Protection Runs Into Limits

John Sabin, a former hacker for the National Security Agency, says Google’s Advanced Protection Program…

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