There was never a question that it would take years to transition the world away from passwords. The digital authentication technology, though deeply flawed, is pervasive and inveterate. Over the last five years, though, the secure-authentication industry association known as the FIDO Alliance has been making real progress promoting “passkeys,” a password-less alternative for signing into applications and websites.


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The Hacker News: Microsoft Removes Password Management from Authenticator App Starting August 2025

Microsoft has said that it’s ending support for passwords in its Authenticator app starting August…

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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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ZDNET: Facebook’s new passkey support could soon let you ditch your password forever

For all of us who hate passwords, passkeys represent a simpler and safer way of authenticating online…

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