Big tech firms including MicrosoftApple and Google have been moving towards a passwordless future for several years, with solutions such as security keys and more recently, passkeys, starting to take off as part of multi-factor authentication (MFA) setups. 

The FIDO Alliance – which most big tech players are members of – is pushing hard for the demise of the password. But what exactly does “the end of the password” mean, in practical terms?


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VentureBeat: W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins

VentureBeat reports that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today declared that the Web Authentication…

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Engadget: The web just got an official password-free login standard

Web Authentication (aka WebAuthn) has been a de facto standard for no-password web sign-ins for…

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CNET: Google looks to leave passwords behind for a billion Android devices

Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: Android passwords could one day go the way…

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