Google is making its biggest security push yet. The company strongly urges its 2 billion Gmail users to switch passwords to passkeys. While not mandating immediate changes, Google has made passkeys the default authentication method. They’ve also set a hard deadline for third-party apps. The FBI reported cyber attacks jumped 33% last year. Those attacks cost over $16 billion in damages. Google’s response shows how seriously Big Tech is taking the password problem affecting every internet user.


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Ars Technica: Practical passwordless authentication comes a step closer with WebAuthn

ArsTechnica reports that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and FIDO Alliance announced that a…

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CNET: Password-free web security is coming to Chrome, Firefox, Edge

CNET reports that leading browsers Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge will support WebAuthn…

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Engadget: Web standard brings password-free sign-ins to virtually any site

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