Authentication has long required an uneasy tradeoff between strong security and smooth user experience.

Banks have relied on a mix of passwords, OTPs, SMS codes, voice calls, and push notifications each with its own vulnerabilities and user experience challenges. Passkeys, built on FIDO standards, finally deliver a phishing resistant, high assurance, passwordless experience that improves both security and usability.


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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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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…

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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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