Now that all the most advanced mobile devices on the market offer biometric authentication, it’s a good opportunity for apps to align with this and integrate it. FIDO Alliance reported that around 80 percent of data leaks are linked to passwords, so it would be useful for a better alternative to become more widespread.


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