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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CHIP: What is a passkey? Easily explained

Anyone who wants to log into apps or websites usually uses a password to identify…

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DevClass: A further push for passkeys: Android Credential Manager generally available from November 1st

Google’s Diego Zavala, product manager on the authentication team, insists that “Passkeys are the future…

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CNET: Passkeys have come to Amazon. Here’s what you need to know

Last week, Amazon announced that it would be hopping on the Passkey train. This means that you’ll…

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