Teams from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta (the owner of Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms) and other leading technology groups have worked together to develop a passkey, unique to each user, that can unlock apps and provide access to websites, eventually across all platforms. Passkeys were launched by Apple yesterday in the latest version of its operating system, iOS16.


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CNET: Facebook now lets you lock down logins with a key

CNET reports that social media giant Facebook is now enabling users to lock down their…

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Ars Technica: Now there’s a better way to prevent Facebook account takeovers

Facebook is joining a handful of online services—including Google, Dropbox, GitHub, and Salesforce—in supporting security…

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American Banker: Why banks should consider taking a page from Facebook on security keys

American Banker poses the question, “If Facebook brings physical security keys using FIDO authentication to…

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