Apple has shown it to everyone again. In early May 2022, Apple, Google and Microsoft jointly declared that passwordless login with security keys was coming “sometime in 2023”. Now the iPhone company has packed its version of the login – Apple calls it “Passkeys” – directly into its new mobile operating system iOS 16. It has been available to users since Monday. This is how Apple wants to make passwords superfluous.


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Biometric Update: Passkeys continue march to mainstream with Visa, WhatsApp updates

FIDO2 protocol finding wide adoption but analysts may have found MITM vulnerability. Visa has unveiled…

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The Register: Microsoft, Google do a victory lap around passkeys

Passkeys are based on a FIDO alliance standard that’s supported by Apple, Microsoft and Google. Think of…

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Silicon Republic: Microsoft and Google are pushing harder for passkeys

Passkeys have been growing rapidly in popularity. In the UK, for instance, more than half…

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