Apple’s approach to identity in wallets is built on open standards, including the W3C’s Digital Credentials API and FIDO Alliance protocols. This is important to identity nerds like me because they are standards that enable privacy-enhancing exchanges of digital credentials, allowing consumers to (crucially) prove what they are (over 18, entitled to drive, holding a valid ticket) without having to divulge who they are.
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The Guardian: RIP passwords: new web standard designed to replace login method
In this article, The Guardian’s Samuel Gibbs reports that “WebAuthn will eliminate need for passwords…
Motherboard: Biometric and App Logins Will Soon Be Pushed Across the Web
In this article, FIDO Alliance Executive Director Brett McDowell tells Motherboard about WebAuthn, saying “What…
The Verge: Chrome and Firefox will support a new standard for password-free logins
In his reporting on the newly announced FIDO2 Project, The Verge reporter Russell Brandon predicts…
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