John Sabin, a former hacker for the National Security Agency, says Google’s Advanced Protection Program using FIDO Security keys is “probably the easiest and most secure multifactor for the masses,” and the New York Times says “many people should consider signing up for the security system and buying a pair of keys” for stronger authentication.


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Spark, CBC Radio: Forget the password. No, really! They’re about to become obsolete

FIDO Executive Director Brett McDowell tells radio host Nora Young how WebAuthn is bringing simpler,…

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The Canadian Press: Death of the password? New web standard trades passcodes for biometrics

The Canadian Press reports that experts are “excited about the prospect of making logins “unphishable””…

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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…

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