GitHub reaffirmed this week that it is testing passkeys from the FIDO Alliance industry association, which is developing “open standards that are more secure than passwords and SMS OTPs, simpler for consumers to use, and easier for service providers to deploy and manage.” Passkeys use public key cryptography standards to authenticate client devices that are protected using biometrics, such as smartphones, eliminating password-based authentication altogether.
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CNET: World Password Day: We’re closer to ditching this crackable tech
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The Washington Post: Microsoft is changing how you log in to your accounts
Microsoft 365, Copilot and Skype accounts can use “passkeys”, which are more secure than passwords.
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