Password-based security is an oxymoron. With over 15 billion exposed credentials leaked on the dark web, and 54% of security incidents caused by credential theft, passwords simply aren’t effective at keeping out threat actors. 

Passwords’ widespread exploitability has led to a range of vendors, including Google, Microsoft, Okta and LastPass, to move toward passwordless authentication options as part of the FIDO Alliance


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PCMag: This Password Manager Now Lets You Create an Account Without a Password

Dashlane lets you open an account with a FIDO2-spec USB security key as your authentication.…

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Biometric Update: 10 million passkeys registered for Mercari market app amid phishing crisis

Mercari, the Japanese e-commerce company behind the Mercari marketplace, has surpassed 10 million registered users of…

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Biometric Update: Yubico simplifies passwordless

Yubico, a provider of hardware authentication security keys, has announced the expanded availability of YubiKey…

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