Here’s a good reason to update to your latest version of Google Play Services: The Verge reports that Android devices running version 7.0 and later can now log you into apps and websites without requiring you to type in a password. Using FIDO2, an open standard developed by the FIDO Alliance, the update instead uses your fingerprint or PIN to log you into various services.


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VentureBeat: W3C approves WebAuthn as the web standard for password-free logins

VentureBeat reports that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today declared that the Web Authentication…

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Engadget: The web just got an official password-free login standard

Web Authentication (aka WebAuthn) has been a de facto standard for no-password web sign-ins for…

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CNET: Google looks to leave passwords behind for a billion Android devices

Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: Android passwords could one day go the way…

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