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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Biometrics performance requirements have been upgraded and identity assurance levels revised in the latest draft…

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Computer Weekly: Going passwordless in online shopping

In the last few years, the FIDO Alliance, an open industry association, has helped businesses…

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Heise: We have just reached the turning point

Andrew Shikiar is Executive Director of the FIDO Alliance, which developed the Passkeys login process.…

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